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Reference numberEC/1854/07
Previous numbersCert IX, 338; A03663
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TitleHunt, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Citation The Discoverer of several new Photographic Processes, and of the influences of the chemical Rays on Germination, &c. The Author of a memoir in the Philosophical Transactions (1840) on the Influence of Iodine in rendering several Argentine compounds, spread on paper, sensible to light; Researches on Light, Poetry of Science, &c. The Inventor or Improver of Several Photographic Processes. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of the Chemical Influences of Solar Radiations.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. John Forbes; W J Henwood; Henry Moseley; Arthur G Wavell;
From Personal Knowledge. H T De la Beche; M Faraday; David Brewster; C Wheatstone; W Snow Harris; J Beete Jukes; H F Talbot; Wm Allen Miller; Lyon Playfair; Edward Forbes; Andw C Ramsay; John Lee LLD; P N Johnson; John Barlow; John Phillips; Wm Brockedon; Edwin Lankester; S P Pratt
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Hunt, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society

Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3789Hunt; Robert (1807 - 1887); mineralogist1807 - 1887

Certificate of a Candidate

(Title or Designation) : Professor of Mechanical Science, Government School of Mines
Keeping Mining Records, Museum of Practical Geology

(Profession of Trade*): None
(Usual place of Residence): 14 Park Crescent, Stockwell

The Discoverer of: Several New Photographical Processes and of the influences of the chemical Rays on ?Germination?, &c
The Author of: a memoir in the Philosophical Transactions (1840) on the Influence of Iodine in rendering several Argentine compounds, spread on paper, sensible to light; Researches on Light, Poetry of Science, &c.
The Inventor or Improver of Several Photographic Processes
Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of: the Chemical Influences of Solar Radiations

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Hunt, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 7 Jan 1852




Owner of originalRoyal Society of London
Date7 Jan 1852
File namecatalogues.royalsociety.org.EC_1854_07.jpg
File Size1.06m
Dimensions1200 x 1869
Linked toRoyal Society of London, Carlton House Terrace, St James, Westminster, London; Fellow of the Royal Society; Robert Hunt

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