TALBOT4650

Falmouth
Nov^r 21 – 1842

Dear Sir,

The paper, of which I sent you a copy, was very hastily drawn up against a meeting of our Society ¹ – and is by no means so complete as I desire – Absence from home also prevented my correcting it for the press – I am very busily engaged on the subject – and I hope soon to be enabled to furnish a more detailed account of a series of phenomena which I regard as some of the most extraordinary with which we are acquainted –

N^o 4. The plate was warmed in one exp^t – in another not – the results being nearly the same – N^o 9 – The glasses were placed in the dark –

The pressure need not be greater than is sufficient to ensure equal contact of the paper and plate ² –

I hope soon to be enabled to communicate to you some other interesting facts – M^r Lewis, ³ wrote to me from Manchester a few days since telling me he had made improvements – and asking a little information – I sent to him at The Post Office there – but he stated he was going to London – I do not calculate on doing much with the Calotype until the Spring when I hope to have everything very complete for the process – I write in haste – I am Dear Sir

Yours most respectfully & Obediently
Robert Hunt