WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Godalming, postmarked from The Admiralty, 22 July 1882,
annotated in blue in Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's ? hand
''Storage of Gunpowder'', containing pieces 1-4 and 6 when listed
2. 1878 (1899). Ms in an unknown hand ; including a printed
design for a powder-keg pasted onto the first page, headed ''The
Storage of Gunpowder with absolute security against explosion,.
By Alfred Russel Wallace'', 3 folios foolscap with ''(Signed) |
Alfred Russel Wallace | Croydon July 1, 1878 | Godalming June
1882'' all crossed through on the last page; a note in Alfred Russel
Wallace's hand beginning ''the preceeding description applies ...'' is
attached and dated Parkstone, Dorset March 1899;
3. 1882 (1899) Note on a sheet of lined exercise-book paper in
Alfred Russel Wallace's hand headed ''Copy of Memorandum by
the Director of Naval Ordnance 1882 (letter from the Admiralty,
22/6/1882);
4. 1882. 06.22 Letter from George T Lambert pp Sir Thomas
Brassey, The Admiralty, 22 Jun 1882, to Alfred Russel Wallace,
enclosing a (copy of a?)memo dated 20 Jun 1882 by F A Herbert;
5. 1899? Ms in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand headed ''Safety for
Powder Magazines | To the Editor of the Daily News'' Undated, 3
folios of lined exercise book paper, signed. (Found further down
pile and inserted here). 1 piece. (SEE SMITH S562a. The Storage
of Gunpowder [letter to the Editor referring to Wallace's c1882
idea that explosives might safely be stored under water]. The
Daily Chronicle (London) no. 11562: 11c (24 March 1899).
6. 1899.04.10 Letter from the editor of ''The Ironmonger,
Universal Engineer and Trades Advertiser'', Cannon St London 10
Apr 1899, to Alfred Russel Wallace at Parkstone, thanking him for
his report and enclosures on the storage of gunpowder and
returning them, with comments on the proposal as applied to
retailers; 2 folios TS
WP7/53 Ms notes on colour sense in and colours of animals
Ms notes in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, on colour sense in and
colours of animals, comprising:
1. Note headed ''Colour sense (Mr Henry T Fincke [sic])''
2. Ms notes in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand headed ''Chapter IX '',
listing page references with comments, beginning '' p. 149 Butts.
[butterflies?] & Humming Birds - most brilliant'' .
Notes: Both in very small writing on one side of paper only, sheets
octavo size. Possibly notes for ''Colour in Nature [review by
Alfred Russel Wallace of The Colour Sense, Its Origin and
Development; An Essay in Comparative Psychology by Grant
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1879?
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