Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/26/68
Date: 17 August 1840
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks Robert Hunt for a sample of Daguerreotype paper. Comments on some aspects of the action of 'thermic' rays and 'chemical' rays in photography.
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- HS/26/68
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- 17 August 1840
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood, 17 August 1840, HS/26/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_26_68/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-hunt-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 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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Robert Hunt
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