Record

RefNoPT/26/12
LevelFile
TitleLetter, regarding postscript for paper on solar rays acting upon vegetable colours from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel to unknown recipient
Date23 July 1842
DescriptionLetter by Herschel requesting the addition of a postscript to his paper 'On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours', found at PT/26/12. Postscript itself found at PT/26/13. The letter also includes specimens of various photographic experiments that were not published as part of the paper - chryostypes, a cyanotype and paper treated with Papaver orientale. Some prints have faded completely, with the images no longer visible. Includes some undeveloped photographic paper.

Subject: Chemistry

Written by Herschel at Collingwood [Kent, England].
Extent26p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordPT/26/12/1
PT/26/12/2
PT/26/12/3
PT/26/12/4
PT/26/12/5
PT/26/11
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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