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Faraday0558

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Late March 1832
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0559

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Late March 1832
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1318

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.268
Summary:

Asks about rumor regarding JH going to Cape. Describes some electrical experiments WT saw at Royal Institution and refers to some WT carried out years earlier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1319

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.269
Summary:

Asks for seeds and roots of native plants of the Cape. Refers to JH's writings on beating of the heart and comments on some optical experiments of Charles Wheatstone and David Brewster.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1317

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.270
Summary:

Comments on JH's paper on potash in Annales de chimie. Has observed reaction products in microscope. Concerned over delay in publication by David Brewster of his experimental results in optics and light, especially as WT not convinced of legitimacy of rumored results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0650

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
29 March 1833
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1320

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 May 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.271
Summary:

Has performed some Newton's rings interference experiments. Asks whether such experiments have already been communicated to the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1321

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.272
Summary:

Trying to understand David Brewster's results on absorption of light in gaseous state, and the dark lines in solar spectrum, the cause of which he misunderstands.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-205

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 February 1837
Source of text:
Private Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel1322

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.273
Summary:

About plant seeds sent by JH from the Cape, WT having sent him some Mexican seeds in return. Halley's Comet only clearly seen on two nights.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1323

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.274
Summary:

Writing to welcome JH home from the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1324

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.275
Summary:

About Cape bulbs and seeds, the new travel by railway from Slough to London, and concern about interest in animal magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1325

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.276
Summary:

Thanks for more Cape bulbs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1328

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.277
Summary:

Will give a paper on fixing the image formed by the camera obscura to R.S.L. and wants to review it with JH first.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1329

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.278
Summary:

JH is indisposed, so WT will come to Slough to review paper [see WT's 1839-1-25]. Asks JH about appropriate curve on lenses for camera obscura for 2-foot focus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1330

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.279a
Summary:

Has received urgent request from Athenaeum to allow them to publish paper on 'Photogenic Drawing' before it is read to R.S.L. in light of announcement of the 'Parisian invention.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1334

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.280
Summary:

More about paper being published in both the R.S.P.T. and Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1337

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.281a
Summary:

Questions JH's intent to display 'photogenic drawings' to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1331

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.282
Summary:

Wants to withhold description of 'developing' process until it is perfected to obviate others using it. Also refers to second process to make 'positive' and 'negative.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1332

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.283
Summary:

Some comments on JH's light and photography experiments, especially effects of different kinds of glass and fixing with ferrocyanate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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