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Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at London

Reference number: HS/17/270

Date: 27 March 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's paper on potash in Annales de chimie. Has observed reaction products in microscope. Concerned over delay in publication by David Brewster of his experimental results in optics and light, especially as William Henry Fox Talbot not convinced of legitimacy of rumored results.

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HS/17/270
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27 March 1833
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4 pages
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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 27 March 1833, HS/17/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_270/letter-from-william-henry-fox-talbot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 24 March 2025

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