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RefNoHS/19/181
LevelItem
TitleDistribution list, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel
CreatorHerschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Mathematician and Astronomer
Date1840s
DescriptionNote 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.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 pp.
PhysicalDescriptionInk and pencil on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1843.0002
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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