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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[1842-12-9 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.15
Summary:

Is anxious for some means to be developed to get a measurable quantity [preferably by weight] from the action of a beam of light on a surface. JH has been experimenting in photography with 'flouric' compounds.

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John Herschel Project
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