The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel11092,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11092
Has been carrying out a series of experiments with spiders immersed in acids and finds their bodies are not protected in any way. Has also been experimenting with elastic tissues to see if there is a change of temperature.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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