TALBOT4569

Falmouth

August 10. 1842

Dear Sir,

you will oblige me by describing the little details of manipulation, by which, as you inform me, the perfection of the views, is accomplished. – I shall also esteem it a favor if you will describe your camera. Has your practice led to any improvement in the instrument? – I have usually worked with a periscopic lens nearly 3 inches diameter stopped off to 1 inch – the focal distance 14 inches. Have you any simple arrangement by which you are enabled to remove one paper from the Camera, and replace another out of doors – This is much to be desired – I have thought of some plans – but no one of them quite pleases me. I have of late been suffering from severe indisposition which has incapacitated me from pursuing my usual employment – I am however gaining strength and I hope in a few days to set to work again in earnest – Dr Möser’s ¹ experiments are, many of them not [illegible deletion] new to me – Those on the Daguerreotype were communicated to me by a M^r Thomson of Hull² about a Year since. I have just received a very good specimen of pictures printed from stone ³ on which they had been drawn by the Photographic process. – I hope you will favour me with an early reply giving me any hints which you may deem valuable.

I am D^r Sir with great respect Yours very truly
Robert Hunt