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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/22/150

Date: 25 March 1843

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Some comments about photographic processes and about Robert Hunt's observations of the heavens [see Robert Hunt's 1843-3-24].

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HS/22/150
Earliest possible date
25 March 1843
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood, 25 March 1843, HS/22/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_150/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-hunt-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 March 2025

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