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Herschel1848

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

Herschel1857

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

Herschel1858

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

Herschel1846

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
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