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LL/40255
John Adamson
1865 (ca)
A negative impression from a letter from Isaac Newton to Dr Halley, dated 1 March 1725.

Calotype, negative
St. Andrews University Library, Special Collections / The Photographic Collection
Record: ALB-8-84
 
Image produced by laying letter on photo sensitized paper and then the whole exposed to sunlight forming the negative.
 
LL/40255


 

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