Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville
Reference number: HS/25/14/4
Date: 1845 ?.
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.. [Augustus] DeMorgan and [Henry Fox] Talbot are sending their papers to her. John Frederick William Herschel sends her his report on "Atmospheric Waves and Meteorological Districts" [for the British Association]. Family is well. Outlines a process for transferring photographic impressions on paper to glass, as described in the Athenaeum.
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- HS/25/14/4
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- 1845 ?.
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, 1845 ?., HS/25/14/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_14_4/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mary-somerville, accessed on 25 March 2025
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