From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.298
Summary:
Transmits a message from J. B. Biot, comments on the Daguerreotype, although WT has not tried it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Transmits a message from J. B. Biot, comments on the Daguerreotype, although WT has not tried it.
Claims the name 'meteorological committee' is misleading for a R.S.L. committee that handles all branches of observational physics. Suggests that physics be divided into 'Experimental and Terrestrial.'
Announces that copies of the observations are being sent by post and states that additions and corrections will be approved and added before the full report is submitted to the R.S.L. Council for authorization for printing. Agrees to write up the Meteorological Committee's annual report.
Encloses a letter to the Admiralty for JH's signature.