BIB_ID
120896
Accession number
MA 52.23
Creator
Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1838-1852] Dec. 15 .
Credit line
Acquired before 1923.
Description
1 item (8 p) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written by Lord Byron, Lady Byron, Catherine Gordon Byron, Contessa Guiccioli, Ada King Lovelace and others from 1788 to 1855. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The year of writing is not given, however she refers to Lord Lovelace; he received his title in 1838.
The year of writing is not given, however she refers to Lord Lovelace; he received his title in 1838.
Summary
Discussing, in detail and at length, an experiment she witnessed at Somerledge that appears to have involved a divining rod; referring to the help of Sir James Bathurst to "prevent the possibility of any deception;" adding that she and Lord Lovelace "both tried with the twig over some of the water-courses where the man had succeeded, but neither of us seem to possess the power."
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