Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 44 Queen Anne St.

Reference number: HS/17/287

Date: 1 March 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Enlarges upon his method of using salt as photographic fixer; then asks John Frederick William Herschel to explain the chemistry thereof. Has tried Louis Daguerre's fixing process without success.

Reference number: HS/17/287
Earliest possible date: 1 March 1839
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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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 44 Queen Anne St., 1 March 1839, HS/17/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_287/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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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