Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport
Reference number: HS/10/88
Date: 8 August 1840
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the suggested emendations to his paper. Comments on the action of iodine on silver and its oxide. When can he expect publication of his paper? Has noted a peculiar property in the calorific rays when copying engravings. Encloses some Daguerreotype papers.
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- HS/10/88
- Earliest possible date
- 8 August 1840
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hunt, Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport, 8 August 1840, HS/10/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_88/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-devonport, accessed on 13 June 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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