Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/6/2
Date: 3 March 1840
Description
Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Tells William Henry Fox Talbot about John Frederick William Herschel developing the thermographic paper which is susceptible to 'calorific' and 'chemical' rays of light.
- Reference number
- HS/25/6/2
- Earliest possible date
- 3 March 1840
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Epsilon
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough, 3 March 1840, HS/25/6/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_2/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fox-talbot-dated-at-slough, accessed on 24 March 2025
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_2/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fox-talbot-dated-at-slough
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_25_6_2/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fox-talbot-dated-at-slough" title="Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 6, from 3 March 1840 to 27 September 1846
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/6
Related Fellows
-
John Frederick William Herschel
Creator -
William Henry Fox Talbot
Recipient
Map
Explore the collection
-
Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
View collection