RefNo | HS/22/67 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 30 August 1840 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Sends William Henry Fox Talbot a copy of the solar spectrum in which each color is represented clearly in a 'positive' picture. John Frederick William Herschel sees this as giving hope for color photography. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: Science Museum Talbt 1/27; copy: HS/17/302a |
RelatedRecord | HS/17/302a |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8830
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5837 | Talbot; William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877) | 1800 - 1877 |