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Please cite as “Herschel7284,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 10 December 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7284
Believes he has solved the mystery of rain gauges holding more water when at the top of a building than when lower down. Would like JH's address so that he can communicate with him.
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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