Wallace Online Manuscript Database
| Identifier: | NHM-WP13 |
| Date: | 1871--1913 |
| Name: | Hampden John |
| Description: | Printed papers, pamphlets and correspondence relating to A. R. Wallace's acceptance of John Hampden's challenge in 1870 to prove the curvature of the earth by demonstrating the convexity of a body water for a wager and subsequent dispute over the result. Place: Downham Market Norfolk England Notes: See also Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Washington DC 29 Jan 1887 (WP1/17/17) |
| Document type: | Printed |
