| RefNo | HS/19/181 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Distribution list, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
| Creator | Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Mathematician and Astronomer |
| Date | 1840s |
| Description | Note in Herschel's hand entitled 'distribution lists'; 'Photography 2nd Paper', with names numbered 1-31, with arrangements of distribution (postage or sent per Robertson). List includes Fox Talbot, Humboldt, Arago, Bessel, Oersted, Quetelet, Becquerel, Melloni, Smee, P[iazzi] Smyth, Maclear, Mrs Somerville as well as institutions such as Academie des Sciences in Paris, Petersburg, Berlin.
At the back, pencil annotation, 're Cape Obs. Documents. Schumacher n. 574'. It is unclear whether this relates to the distribution list, which most likely refers to "On certain improvements on photographic processes described, in a former communication, and on the parathermic rays of the solar spectrum", published by Sir J. F. W. Herschel in the Philosophical Transactions in 1843. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2 pp. |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1843.0002 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |