Letter, from G. Wharton Simpson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Canonbury
Reference number: HS/17/211
Date: 14 May 1866
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for helping to clarify origins of Louis Daguerre's use of hyposulfite of soda for fixing photographs. Provides further information on photography, particular solar microscope photography.
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- HS/17/211
- Earliest possible date
- 14 May 1866
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Wharton Simpson, Letter, from G. Wharton Simpson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Canonbury, 14 May 1866, HS/17/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_211/letter-from-g-wharton-simpson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-canonbury, accessed on 16 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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