| RefNo | HS/25/5/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | William Henry Fox Talbot |
| Date | 12 February 1839 |
| Description | Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. John Frederick William Herschel will as William Henry Fox Talbot requests stop mentioning John Frederick William Herschel's hyposulfite fixing process and await publication of William Henry Fox Talbot's process. Reports in detail on some of John Frederick William Herschel's experiments relating to photography and to spectrum analysis. [In a P.S. dated 1839-2-13,] John Frederick William Herschel states: 'I have discovered your secret of fixing [or its] equivalent.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
| Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original available: Science Museum Talbt 1/13; copy available: TxU:H/L-0474; Reel 1055 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8815
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA5837 | Talbot; William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877) | 1800 - 1877 |