| Reference number | HS/10/88 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport |
| Creator | Robert Hunt |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 8 August 1840 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the suggested emendations to his paper. Comments on the action of iodine on silver and its oxide. When can he expect publication of his paper? Has noted a peculiar property in the calorific rays when copying engravings. Encloses some Daguerreotype papers. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Devonport, Devon |
| Origin coordinates | 50.377, -4.176 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10735
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3789 | Hunt; Robert (1807 - 1887); mineralogist | 1807 - 1887 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |