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Document number: 1988
Date: 29 Sep 1852
Recipient: ATHENAEUM (periodical)
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
Last updated: 1st September 2003

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Edr Athenm

29 Sept/52

D Sir

I beg to inform you that my researches in Photy, wch have bn prosecuted wth zeal during ye past summer, have resulted in ye – a discovery wch appears to me to open an entirely new field of speculatn, & of practical utility. I hope soon (i.e. before Xmas) to be to have sufficiently mastered ye intricacies of the subject to be able to exhibit tolerably perfect specimens, and I beg to enquire whether you would wish the first account of the matter to appear in the Athnm? <1> As in that case I would take care to reserve it for you, & in y e mean meantime beg to submit myself When convent if ye will favor me wth a line in reply I shall be obliged –

Yours very truly

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to: The Editor of the Athenæum

29 September 1852

Dear Sir

I beg to inform you that my researches in Photography, which have been prosecuted with zeal during the past summer, have resulted in the a discovery which appears to me to open an entirely new field of speculation, and of practical utility.

I hope soon (i.e., before Christmas) to be to have sufficiently mastered the intricacies of the subject to be able to exhibit tolerably perfect specimens, and I beg to enquire whether you would wish the first account of the matter to appear in the Athenæum? As in that case I would take care to reserve it for you, and in the mean meantime beg to submit myself When convenient if you will favor me with a line in reply I shall be obliged–

Yours very truly


Notes:

1. The Athenaeum (London).

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