Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Smee
Reference number: HS/22/123
Date: 15 June 1842
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. On the basis of some compounds referred to by Alfred Smee [see 1842-5-10], John Frederick William Herschel has now developed a new form of photography using gold as a stimulant; John Frederick William Herschel calls it the 'Argyrotype'.
- Reference number
- HS/22/123
- Earliest possible date
- 15 June 1842
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Smee, 15 June 1842, HS/22/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_123/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alfred-smee, accessed on 09 July 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Alfred Smee
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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