Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lower Belgrave St.
Reference number: HS/16/349
Date: 31 July 1844
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will be in London and hopes to see John Frederick William Herschel. Congratulates on the birth of Matilda Rose Herschel. Thanks for his letter and the promise of sending his papers on actinochemistry (photography). Would also like information on [Louis] Daguerre process and on current developments regarding the subject.
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- HS/16/349
- Earliest possible date
- 31 July 1844
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Mary Somerville
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Mary Somerville, Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lower Belgrave St., 31 July 1844, HS/16/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_349/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-lower-belgrave-st, 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 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer
1820-1869 Reference number: HS/16
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John Frederick William Herschel
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