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Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine

Reference number: MS/257/2/276

Date: 15 November 1848

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Herschel supports the proposed course of action to procure for [Francis] Ronalds half of the grant and recognition given to [Charles] Brooke alone for similar photographic invention.

Reference number
MS/257/2/276
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15 November 1848
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine, 15 November 1848, MS/257/2/276, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_276/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 April 2025

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