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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT 68037.15
Summary:

Doubts that there is any significant difference of density between the northern and southern hemisphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[23 February 1843]
Source of text:
Manchester Central Library
Summary:

Thanks for the 'exquisite specimen of Daguerreotype.' Speculates on the possibility of making Daguerreotype portraits small enough to be set in rings or in shirt pins.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[29 May 1843]
Source of text:
WT 68037.1
Summary:

JH sends some examples of a unique kind of latent photograph, and adds other comments about various aspects of photography. JH has seen a good aurora. He now agrees with A. C. Becquerel's theory of the spectrum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[19 January 1844]
Source of text:
WT 68037.2
Summary:

Letter writing has been delayed by the crush of other business. Comments on names for various aspects of heat, light, color, and phlogiston. JH describes the actions in his 'amphitype' process. Is looking forward to RH's forthcoming work on photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[22 April 1844]
Source of text:
WT 68037.3
Summary:

Thanks RH for the papers of researches on light just received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[5 October 1844]
Source of text:
WT 68037.4
Summary:

Does not think that RH would be satisfied with the position of Assistant Secretary of the R.S.L., as it is largely clerical, and would not allow much time for chemical or photographical experiments. JH is not aware whether there is a position available at the Royal Institution, but would be willing to speak to Michael Faraday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[22 October 1845]
Source of text:
WT 68037.5
Summary:

Thanks for the paper on the photographic effect of light on drugs. JH also comments on the photographic experiments of Mary Somerville.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[10 February 1846]
Source of text:
WT 68037.7
Summary:

Cannot provide any specimens of photography or the spectrum good enough for an exhibition, as most have faded. A French chemist just announced as a discovery a fact long since known by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[11 January 1850]
Source of text:
WT 68037.10
Summary:

Inquires whether Charles Wheatstone ever fulfilled his intention to carry out experiments to measure the speed of light in the atmosphere by means of 'revolving machinery.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[1851 ?]
Source of text:
WT 68037.12
Summary:

Comments on different washes to be used in photography, and clarifies the matter of a supposed Daguerreotype of the nebula in Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[30 January 1852]
Source of text:
WT 68037.13
Summary:

Has no photographs with him and when next JH goes to Collingwood, he will look to see if there are any left.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[11 March 1852]
Source of text:
WT 68037.14
Summary:

Says JH will not join the society to which he has been invited, because he has done nothing on the subject for a long time and JH's attendance would not be productive. Thanks for some lectures and papers sent to him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project