Record

RefNoHS/22/1
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date30 January 1839
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. [Responding to William Henry Fox Talbot's 1839-1-29], urges William Henry Fox Talbot to find some way of giving at least slightly different papers to R.S.L. and Athenaeum. Comments on process of fixing image, referring to a trial of his own.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originSlough, Berkshire
Origin coordinates51.5082, -0.5954
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialOriginal available: Science Museum Talbt 1/11; copy: HS/17/279a
RelatedRecordHS/17/279a
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8813
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA5837Talbot; William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)1800 - 1877
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