Letter from Matthew Fontaine Maury to Messrs Sampson Low, Son & Co
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line 1: Observatory Washington
line 2: 27 June 1859
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line 4: Gentlemen
line 5: I am glad to hear that
line 6: you contemplate a cheap edition
line 7: of the Physical Geography of this
line 8: I give permission for the
line 9: translation and publication of the
line 10: work in the Welsh language.
line 11: But you are the only firm in the
line 12: Realm who have been authorized
line 13: to republish it in the vernacular
line 14: and I am in no manner re-
line 15: sponsible for the errors and blunders
line 16: which have been or may be om-
line 17: mitted by those publishers who
line 18: have pirated the work and pub-
line 19: lished it in England.
line 20: I send you in advance of
line 21: publication here two chaptersPage 2
line 1: of the forthcoming new edition. These
line 2: chapters relate, one to the Neptunian
line 3: difficulties in the way of a Telegraph
line 4: across the Atlantic _ showing that
line 5: they are by no means inseparable _
line 6: the other to the force of the trade
line 7: winds _ showing that in the Southern
line 8: hemisphere the system of atmospherical
line 9: circulation is much more active
line 10: and vigorous than it is on our
line 11: side of the Equator.
line 12: These chapters, especially the latter,
line 13: will not, I apprehend, be found
line 14: by any means to detract from the
line 15: interest of the work.
line 16: Other alterations and corrections
line 17: have been made, which will appear
line 18: in the body of the work. Among
line 19: them are some valuable additions
line 20: to our knowledge of the orography
line 21: of the ocean. Plate XI, "BasinPage 3
line 1: of the Atlantic " will be found
line 2: corrected according to the excellent
line 3: deep sea sounding of Capt. Dayman,
line 4: Royal. Navy. in N. B. M. ships Cyclops
line 5: and Gorgon.
line 6: Respectfully etc.
line 7: M. F. Maury*
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line 9: Mess. Sampson Low, Son & Company
line 10: 47 Ludgate Hill,
line 11: London.
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line 13: written in another hand*This is Lieut. Maury's signature, will it
line 14: not be well to give it in facsimile? Do
line 15: as you please. A. H. GuernseyPage 4
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