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<p><head>1820 Dec. 15</head></p> | <p><head>1820 Dec. 15</head></p> | ||
<p>The two signs may be the height of the thermometer<lb/>at two different times of the day: and that there may be<lb/> | <p>The two signs may be the height of the thermometer<lb/> | ||
no such apparent improbabilities as to exist <gap/><lb/> | at two different times of the day: and that there may be<lb/> | ||
no such apparent improbabilities as to <unclear>exist</unclear> <gap/><lb/> | |||
the better way would be to give the actually observed height<lb/> | the better way would be to give the actually observed height<lb/> | ||
for example on the north wall near to the end of my<lb/> | for example on the north wall near to the end of my<lb/> | ||
Bedchamber: and allusion may be made to a supposed<lb/> | Bedchamber: and allusion may be made to a supposed<lb/> | ||
course of experiments to which these observations are observant.<lb/> | course of experiments to which these observations are observant.<lb/> | ||
</p>In a note to Bowring, mentioning the discoveries of the interception<lb/> | </p>In a note to Bowring, mentioning the discoveries of the interception<lb/> | ||
system, I mentioned the <unclear>marial</unclear> of cobalt<lb/> | system, I mentioned the <unclear>marial</unclear> of cobalt<lb/> | ||
sympathetic ink we used to employ, and asked him<lb/> | sympathetic ink we used to employ, and asked him<lb/> | ||
if he knew of any others that was preferable, as being | if he knew of any others that was preferable, as being more<lb/> | ||
legible, and at the same time not exposed to be<lb/> | easily legible, and at the same time not exposed to be<lb/> | ||
rendered visible by accident. Informed | rendered visible by accident. Informed as he is of every<lb/> | ||
thing, he <del><gap/></del> wrote me an immediate answer, accompanied<lb/> | |||
with a phial, containing I believe some of the ink<lb/> | with a phial, containing I believe some of the ink<lb/> | ||
aforesaid | aforesaid ⨎ I remember used to be our sign: ⨎ with<lb/> | ||
a line or two as if for erasure, the word with which it<lb/> | a line or two as if for erasure, the word with which it<lb/> | ||
began being abandoned for the next. <add>After</add> | began being abandoned for the next. <add>After</add> ⨎ the word Si<lb/> | ||
< | <unclear>Urr</unclear> need not be a blank, but whatever else was meant to<lb/> | ||
be written might be continued in the same line, and the<lb/> | be written might be continued in the same line, and the<lb/> | ||
matter in the sympathetic ink be written between the lines.</p> | matter in the sympathetic ink be written between the lines.</p> | ||
1820 Dec. 15
The two signs may be the height of the thermometer
at two different times of the day: and that there may be
no such apparent improbabilities as to exist
the better way would be to give the actually observed height
for example on the north wall near to the end of my
Bedchamber: and allusion may be made to a supposed
course of experiments to which these observations are observant.
In a note to Bowring, mentioning the discoveries of the interception
system, I mentioned the marial of cobalt
sympathetic ink we used to employ, and asked him
if he knew of any others that was preferable, as being more
easily legible, and at the same time not exposed to be
rendered visible by accident. Informed as he is of every
thing, he wrote me an immediate answer, accompanied
with a phial, containing I believe some of the ink
aforesaid ⨎ I remember used to be our sign: ⨎ with
a line or two as if for erasure, the word with which it
began being abandoned for the next. After ⨎ the word Si
Urr need not be a blank, but whatever else was meant to
be written might be continued in the same line, and the
matter in the sympathetic ink be written between the lines.
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[[notes_public::see note to letter 2728, vol. 10; "postponed perhaps suppressed" [note in bentham's hand]]] |
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