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

Reference number: HS/17/278

Date: 28 January 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel is indisposed, so William Henry Fox Talbot will come to Slough to review paper [see William Henry Fox Talbot's 1839-1-25]. Asks John Frederick William Herschel about appropriate curve on lenses for camera obscura for 2-foot focus.

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HS/17/278
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28 January 1839
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2 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, 28 January 1839, HS/17/278, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_278/letter-from-william-henry-fox-talbot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 24 March 2025

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