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Incomplete letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 31 Sackville St.

Reference number: HS/17/257

Date: 4 January 1826

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Asks John Frederick William Herschel about Dr. Balfour's account in Asiatic Researches about lunar effects on humans in India.

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HS/17/257
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4 January 1826
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Incomplete letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 31 Sackville St., 4 January 1826, HS/17/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_257/incomplete-letter-from-william-henry-fox-talbot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-31-sackville-st, accessed on 24 March 2025

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