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Herschel8821

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[9 May 1839]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/18
Summary:

Just visited L. J. M. Daguerre. Praises his images as 'miraculous' and also Daguerre's times of exposure. Daguerre puts his images on 'thin sheets of plated copper.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[30 May 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0288; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Extract] Suggests change in proposed distribution [of Cape Results]. Richard Sheepshanks offered to subsidize portrait of JH, to be distributed with complimentary copies [of Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1945

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Elliot
Date:
[30 May 1839]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.24
Summary:

Thanks JE for the account of an experiment performed by JE using an iron ring and a magnet, the results of which JE finds illustrative of the phenomena of Saturn's rings.

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John Herschel Project
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