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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has developed a new process for making photographs that are better than the Daguerreotype. H. T. Winther would like to sell the process [patent?] to someone in England.

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HS/18/426
Earliest possible date
8 June 1844
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

H. T. Winther

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H. T. Winther, Letter, from H. T. Winther to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Neuwegen?], 8 June 1844, HS/18/426, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_426/letter-from-h-t-winther-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-neuwegen, accessed on 14 February 2025

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