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WCP4611

Postcard (WCP4611.4925)

[1]1

[3 March 1886]2

I forgot to ask another question in my letter3 yesterday. I want to heat water to about 150o Far. 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]

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
2
Date stamped on postcard.
3
The letter has not been found.

Editorial information

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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4611,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4611