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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Huxtable
Date:
24 June 1839
Source of text:
Keith Stait-Gardner
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Will be leaving London on 16 July and would like to meet JH at some convenient time to carry out H. C. Oersted's commission.
Admires L. J. M. Daguerre's process, but hopes to see paper become dominant medium for photographs. Describes new paper JH developed. [Letter continues 6 July.] Experiment with fixed lines in chemical spectra; shows sensitivity of ultraviolet light.