Creator
D[avid?] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
GassJ D. Muir can make gass on short notice and bust every oyster can under the sun. I tried very hard yesterday to make carbonic acid gass I took a bottle put in a lot of powdered marble and water enough to cover it well, I then commenced slowly to pour in sulphuric acid which made it boil violently up out of the top of the bottle which started me after rags in a hurry to stop the flood I made another attempt and got some gass but found it easyest to put out candle with the breath of my nostrils as the gass realy seemed lighter than air instead of heavier John do please write soon and tell me how to make cairns experiments with sulphuric acid or any thin else easy to be gotten and some composition subject and tell me how you get along now expecialy with l[illegible] and when you will be home and also of every that pertaineth to Madison be sure and write soon from D. Muir good-bye00298
Location
Portage, [Wisc]
Date Original
1862 Jun 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_0393-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0393
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
