Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at [London]
Reference number: HS/26/51
Date: 19 May 1854
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on the affidavit supplied by William Henry Fox Talbot; will sign most of it but objects to one section.
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- HS/26/51
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- 19 May 1854
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at [London], 19 May 1854, HS/26/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_26_51/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fox-talbot-dated-at-london, accessed on 24 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 26 letters related to specific topics
1823-1854 Reference number: HS/26
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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