Letter, from Alfred Brothers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester
Reference number: HS/4/299
Date: 7 November 1864
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding the differences between portraits and photographs. Is sending him some magnesium for photographic purposes.
- Reference number
- HS/4/299
- Earliest possible date
- 7 November 1864
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alfred Brothers, Letter, from Alfred Brothers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester, 7 November 1864, HS/4/299, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_299/letter-from-alfred-brothers-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-manchester, accessed on 15 June 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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