Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot
Reference number: HS/22/151
Date: 31 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. Zodiacal light is a real phenomenon. Further comments on negative to positive process. Questions whether William Henry Fox Talbot can define one cometary orbit with two observations.
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- HS/22/151
- Earliest possible date
- 31 March 1843
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 March 1843, HS/22/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_151/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fox-talbot, accessed on 20 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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