Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport
Reference number: HS/10/83
Date: 15 April 1840
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's account of his own method of fixing a photograph as noted in his memoir. Singular phenomenon of the Daguerreotype. Hopes to produce a photographic paper to equal the silver plate before the month has expired. Will let him know when his process is complete.
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- HS/10/83
- Earliest possible date
- 15 April 1840
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport, 15 April 1840, HS/10/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_83/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-devonport, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 10 Howard-J miscellaneous
1816-1871 Reference number: HS/10
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Robert Hunt
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John Frederick William Herschel
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