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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Brothers, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/4/297

Date: 29 October 1864

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Draft letter. Outlines his claim as being the inventor of the hyposulfite fixing process.

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HS/4/297
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29 October 1864
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Brothers, dated at Collingwood, 29 October 1864, HS/4/297, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_297/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alfred-brothers-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 23 January 2025

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