Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/94
Date: 10 October 1841
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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. As the Committee is to meet on Thursday he thinks it should reconsider its decision not to publish W. H. F. Talbot's paper on the Calotype process. Gives reasons as stated in a letter he has received from Talbot.
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- HS/22/94
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- 10 October 1841
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 10 October 1841, HS/22/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_94/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 17 June 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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