WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Geographical Society at which an original map of the Rio Negro
by Mr Wallace was exhibited, pasted in.
Index to sections :
The folio numbers were added to the book in square brackets in
pencil on the front of each folio, by me. In the index below I have
used ''back'' rather than ''dorse'' for the back of a folio. ''f. (no:)''
implies the front. The writer's own titles or first lines are noted in
quotation marks, with dates where given. P J Lucas, April 2003.
f. 4: Start of notes probably for Neath Mechanics Institute, in
Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, undated, beginning ''1.
Hydrostatics, Hydraulics and PneumaticsÂ…''
f. 13, back: ''Pneumatics''
f. 14. Back: ''Weight of atmosphere''
f. 15, back: ''Elasticity of air''
f. 17, back: ''Heat'' dated Friday Mar 27 1846
f. 24, back: ''Heat'' continued, Friday May 1st (1846?)
f. 26, back: ''Heat'' continued, Friday May 8, 1846
f. 27, back: ''Heat'' continued, Friday May 15 (1846?)
f. 30, back: ''Heat'' continued, Friday may 29, 1846
f. 32: ''Heat'' continued, Friday June 5th 1846
f. 35: ''Optics''
f.45 (top of page): Note headed ''142 Tocontine - 131 Mexiana -
63 Mexiana'' re birds received from Stephens, January 1850. In
blue ink, probably Thomas Sims' hand.
f. 45 (bottom of page) - f. 48: ''W Blanquert Everard's
Improvements in Photography'', notes on glacial acetic acid and
various photographic glazing solutions, in Thomas Sims's hand.
f. 48, back, notes on photographic developing techniques? in
Thomas Sims' hand, dated ''Wednesday Octr 16''.
f.49-f 52: Notes in Thomas Sims' hand on photographic
techniques, including formula for silver iodide paper, recipe for
''Electrical and chemical apparatus cement'' (f. 50, dated Tuesday
May 13th 1851), ''Bright electro-silver plating'', experiment with
gun-cotton (dated London Dec 20th 1852) and ''The method of
obtaining pictures for the dissolving (sic) views''.
f. 54: List (of photographs in the style of famous artists?) in
Thomas Sims' hand: ''Sent to Mr Abrahams Dec 3, (1885?) | 3
Rembrandts | 1 Gerard Dow | 1 Last Supper | 2 Madonna's (sic)''.
f. 54, back: Notes in Thomas Sims' hand: ''Acetic Acid in the
Nitrate of Silver Bath Â…. T.S. March 7th 1853'' continued ''April
18th I began a few experiments with starchÂ…''
f. 56: ''A list of photographs for dissolving views made for Mr
Vignoles'' In pencil, possibly Thomas Sims' hand but not typical,
a list of 7 subjects including ''Masonry'' and ''Fount[ain] of Peles''.
f. 56, back: Notes in pencil headed ''Facts connected with Fluric
(sic) engraving'', apparently in a hand other than Thomas Sims'.
Not in Fanny Sims' hand (compared with a letter written by her).
f. 56, back - f. 61, back: continuation of notes on fluoric acid in
ink and pencil, in the same hand as the beginning, with marginal
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