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Remarks on JT's papers on radiant heat and related role of moisture. Will send requested sample of rock salt. Explains difficulties using it and hopes JT will have better success, perhaps even repeating JH's experiments.
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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