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Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at 20 Conduit St.

Reference number: HS/18/147

Date: 25 February 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invites John Frederick William Herschel to Kew Green to see Francis Bauer's plates etched by J. N. Niepce's photographic process. Perhaps L. J. M. Daguerre assumes more credit than is due. Heard Niepce visited London in 1826, but his paper was rejected by Royal Society [of London] at W. H. Wollaston's urging.

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HS/18/147
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25 February 1839
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2 pages
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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at 20 Conduit St., 25 February 1839, HS/18/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_147/letter-from-charles-wheatstone-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-20-conduit-st, accessed on 14 February 2026

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