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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[1826-2-8 or later]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/1
Summary:

[Responding to WT's 1826-2-7], JH thanks WT for materials sent, makes suggestions regarding WT's upcoming trip to Geneva, and asks WT to deliver a book to [Alfred] Gautier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1308

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.259
Summary:

Comments on Josef Fraunhofer's work on double stars, on quality and color of light from different sources, refraction of different kinds of light, and solution of a problem in conic sections. Is going to Geneva and Modena soon.

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John Herschel Project
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