From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Felix Taylor
Date:
[7 February 1864]
Source of text:
Oxford History of Science Museum 58/11
Summary:
JH declines to negotiate further about FT's continuing occupancy of Herschel House.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
JH declines to negotiate further about FT's continuing occupancy of Herschel House.
Asserts that a process for obtaining 'Turnbull's blue' recently published in PN was discovered and published in 1842 by JH. Adds a second case in which JH anticipated another author's result.