Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hans Christian Oersted, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/22/21
Date: 29 July 1839
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Copy of a letter. Apologizes for having been too busy to sit for a portrait as proposed, thanks Hans Christian Oersted for his poems, and describes John Frederick William Herschel's current experiments related to photography.
- Reference number
- HS/22/21
- Earliest possible date
- 29 July 1839
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hans Christian Oersted, dated at Slough, 29 July 1839, HS/22/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_21/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-hans-christian-oersted-dated-at-slough, accessed on 22 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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Hans Christian Oersted
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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