WCP2890

Letter (WCP2890.2780)

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90, Upper Tulse Hill S.W

10 Dec. 1907

Dear Dr Wallace,

It is very kind indeed of you to send me a copy of your book. I will read it with care, and give full consideration to what you say. In the current number of the Phil. Mag.2 Poynting3 has an [2] article4 critiquing Lowell’s5 [1 word illegible] paper6 on one point, the greenhouse effect of the Martian atmosphere.

Yours very truly | William Huggins [signature]

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1
The page is numbered "256" in the top right corner.
2
The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science.
3
Poynting, John Henry (1852-1914). British physicist.
4
"On Prof. Lowell’s method for evaluating the surface-temperatures of the planets; with an attempt to represent the effect of day and night on the temperature of the earth" in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science volume 14 (issue 84), 1907, pp.749-760.
5
Lowell, Percival (1855-1916). American businessman, author, mathematician and astronomer.
6
"A general method for evaluating the surface-temperature of the planets; with special reference to the temperature of Mars" in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science volume 14 (issue 79), 1907, pp.161-176.
7
"Wm Huggins" is written in pencil at the top of the page.

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Transcribed by Johnston, Rebekah [2019-02-04] Transcription checked by Johnston, Rebekah [2019-02-04] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

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