WCP4991

Published letter (WCP4991.5428)

[1]1 [p. 15]

"9, St. Mark's Crescent, N.W.,

"January 25th,

"Dear Sir,—Your wish to have a second referee is quite reasonable, and I accede to it at once, only stipulating that he shall not be a personal acquaintance of your own, and shall be a man in some public position as Editor, Author, Engineer, &c.

"Foggy weather would render the experiment impossible. I should therefore wish that if they are prevented by weather, the time named by you may be extended a month.

"Yours very faithfully,

"ALFRED R. WALLACE."

1
Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: A set of eight letters from Wallace to flat-earther John Hampden, concerning the Bedford Canal experiment. Also included is their Memorandum of Agreement. These constituted the last several pages of a pamphlet by Hampden (?) entitled Is Water Level or Convex After All

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Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP4991.5428)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Smith, Charles Hyde [2013-02-04] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-02-05]

Please cite as “WCP4991,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4991