Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Crookes, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/5/306
Date: 13 October 1858
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Draft letter. Has just returned home and found the Photographic News and the queries regarding chemical experiments and photography. Gives details, but regrets he has not published much on it yet as he is still experimenting.
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- HS/5/306
- Earliest possible date
- 13 October 1858
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Crookes, dated at Collingwood, 13 October 1858, HS/5/306, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_306/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-crookes-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 October 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 5 B miscellaneous-C
1815-1871 Reference number: HS/5
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Crookes
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