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  <dc:title>Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Slough</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Admires L. J. M. Daguerre's process, but hopes to see paper become dominant medium for photographs. Describes new paper John Frederick William Herschel developed. [Letter continues 6 July.] Experiment with fixed lines in chemical spectra; shows sensitivity of ultraviolet light.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>24 June 1839</dc:date>
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