Herschel’s First Picture on Glass
- Title
- Herschel’s First Picture on Glass
- Description
- On September 9, 1839 John Herschel took the first ever photo captured on a glass plate. The photo shows the structure that supported his father’s 40-foot telescope in Slough.
- Designer
- John Herschel
- Date
- 9 September 1839
- Bibliographic Citation
- https://www.famousscientists.org/john-herschel/
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