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Herschel1235

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.68
Summary:

Thanks RH for a sample of Daguerreotype paper. Comments on some aspects of the action of 'thermic' rays and 'chemical' rays in photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3596

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB III, 120-2 (C: RS:HS 7.296)
Summary:

Thanks for JH's letters and the paper on photography with special reference to the effects of heat. Was present at the R.S.L. during consideration of a national observatory. Would like JH's opinion. Is working on a supplementary report on meteorology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4293

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Andries Stockenström
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.25 (C: 22.66)
Summary:

Congratulates AS on AS being made baronet; wishes him well on re-joining his family at the Cape. Hopes that the problems between AS and Governor George Napier were due only to 'incompatibility of positions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4316

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.24
Summary:

Statement describing 'The conduct of Sir G. Napier in relation to Sir Andreas Stockenström and his former office as Lieutenant Governor.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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