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RefNoMC/11/132
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Warren de la Rue, 73 Portland Place, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorRue; Warren de la (1815-1889); British astronomer; chemist; inventor
Date8 December 1877
DescriptionRegarding [Pierre] Janssen's photograph of the sun, of which transparent positives on glass were given to the Society by de la Rue. He inserts a remark from the photographer in French and offers a comment on Janssen's object glass.
LanguageEnglish
French
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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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