| RefNo | HS/12/317 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Macedonio Melloni |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 23 February 1841 |
| Description | Copy of a letter. Will do all in his power to ensure that MM receives copies of the publications relating to the Fixed Observatories. Does not think MM could have seen a copy of John Frederick William Herschel's paper on photographic action when he wrote the notice in Annales de chimie. Comments on this paper and more recent experiments in this field. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | HS/22/80 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/22/80 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11955
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |