Reference number | MC/3/168 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Antoine Claudet, 20 South Terrace, Liverpool Road, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society |
Date | 9 June 1841 |
Description | Relaying a discovery made in the production of plates in the daguerrotype process, which would shorten the time necessary to take a portrait, for example. Claudet goes into some detail on the chemical process involved. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |
NA7679 | Claudet; Antoine Jean Francois (1797 - 1867) | 1797 - 1867 |