Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 44 Queen Anne St.
Reference number: HS/17/277
Date: 25 January 1839
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will give a paper on fixing the image formed by the camera obscura to Royal Society [of London] and wants to review it with John Frederick William Herschel first.
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- HS/17/277
- Earliest possible date
- 25 January 1839
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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William Henry Fox Talbot, Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 44 Queen Anne St., 25 January 1839, HS/17/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_277/letter-from-william-henry-fox-talbot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-44-queen-anne-st, accessed on 24 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 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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