May 1873
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Nature, Volume 8, Issue 185, pp. 44 (1873).
Physics
Scientific paper
THE letter from Mr. Alexander Agassiz, published in last week's NATURE, revives an attack which was made by Agassiz and Decor more than thirty years ago. It was then promptly met. (See Forbes's ``Historical Remarks on the first Discovery of the real Structure of Glacial Ice,'' Edin. New Phil. Journal, 1843.) I possess correspondence which abundantly shows that the scientific world (English and Foreign) was thoroughly satisfied with the answer given by Forbes. Much of this correspondence can, if necessary, be published. But the reply given at the time, and which I am confident will satisfy any unprejudiced person, may be found in extenso in Appendix B to the ``Life and Letters of James David Forbes'' (Macmillan and Co., 1873). No answer was ever attempted by Mr. Agassiz to the paper in question, and the facts it contains could not have been allowed to pass by him unchallenged, had they not been accurately given. Mr. Alexander Agsssiz may never have read the original paper. The date of his letter shows that he cannot have seen the reprint in the Life of Forbes.
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