RefNo | HS/22/149 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fox Talbot, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 25 March 1843 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on confusion between observing comet and zodiacal light. Extensive comments on various materials used in a photographic process where negatives change to positives over long time. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: Science Museum Talbt 1/35 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8838
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5837 | Talbot; William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877) | 1800 - 1877 |