WCP4611

Postcard (WCP4611.4925)

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I forgot to ask another question in my letter yesterday. I want to heat water to about 150o Far[enheit] in a greenhouse by a Bunsen burner, and I want to know if a lead pipe passing through the water as shown & heated by a small bunsen below will stand well or will the lead be eaten away by the gases from the flame.

[Illustration of 1 inch lead pipe through a water tank and Bunsen burner is located to the right of the text].

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

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Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP4611.4925)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-25] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP4611,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4611