| Ref No | WP/1/1/191 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/1/191 |
| Title | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace, from Broadstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from Broadstone, Dorset, 20 Sep 1907 annotated [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Mars'; re an interesting press cutting on Lowell and Mars sent by William; enclosing a cutting (not present) about Kipling; Prof Poynting to reply to Lowell's mathematical paper; Alfred Russel Wallace's book (presumably 'Is Mars Habitable?') finished, chapter on temperature of Mars sent to Poynting for comment, Mss to go to Macmillan; possibility of mean temperature of planets being affected by rate of rotation, Osmond Fisher's opinion differs from Alfred Russel Wallace's, Stefan's Law.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard, 1856-1936
Poynting, J H, born c.1853
Fisher, Osmond, 1817-1914
Macmillan & Co
Stefan, Josef, 1835-1893
Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916
Place: Broadstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re books and writing 1903-1907: WP1/19/9/9 |
| Date | 20 Sep 1907 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX458 | Kipling; Joseph Rudyard (1856-1936) | 1856-1936 |
| PX5669 | Fisher; Osmond (1817-1914); Rev | 1817-1914 |
| CX6536 | Macmillan & Co; fl 1902 | fl 1902 |
| PX5671 | Stefan; Josef (1835-1893); Physicist | 1835-1893 |
| PX5672 | Lowell; Percival (1855-1916); Astronomer | 1855-1916 |
| PX5670 | Poynting; John Henry (1852-1914); Professor | 1852-1914 |
| PX5162 | Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer | 1871-1951 |