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WCP1520

Letter (WCP1520.1299)

[1]1

OBSERVATORY,

CANBRIDGE.

14 Jan 96

My dear Mr Wallace,

I cannot tell you how much pleased I was by your letter2 on the Ice age in "Nature" last week. The illustrations it gave seemed most admirable and just to the point[.] I had felt that Culverwells3 notions were quite unsound as I tried to express in my letter4 on the same paper but your explanation was [2] reputedly better than mine giving as it did much very apt instances.

Believe me to be yours truly | Robert S Ball5 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Answd”.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1896. The cause of an Ice Age. Nature 53 (1367): 220-221.
3
Culverwell, Edward Parnall (1855-1931). Mathematician and author.
4
Ball, Robert Stawell. 1895. Sir Robert Ball, and “The Cause of an Ice Age.” Nature 53 (17 October): 594-595.
5
Ball, Robert Stawell (1840-1913). Irish astronomer and mathematician.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1520.1299)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hijikata, Shori [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1520,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1520