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From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.296
Summary:

Sends some samples of photography made with a solar microscope, and comments briefly on the Daguerreotype.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.297
Summary:

Advises JH not to publish any new processes in photography as there are patent problems. Comments on the Daguerreotype, and on the difficulty of preserving images in some circumstances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project