Record

RefNoAP/60/2
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding a solar photograph by [Pierre Jules] Janssen from Warren de la Rue to Walter White
Date8 December 1877
DescriptionDe la Rue shares an extract of a letter from Janssen discussing the methods used to capture one of his solar photographs.

Subject: Astronomy

Received 8 December 1877. Read 13 December 1877.

Written by de la Rue at 73 Portland Place [London].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3837Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889)1815 - 1889
NA6526Janssen; Pierre Jules Cesar (1824 - 1907)1824 - 1907
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