Letter from David? Muir to John Muir, 1862 Jun 8

• Main Author: D avid? Muir
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1862
• Subjects: John Muir; correspondence; letters; author; writing; naturalist; California; correspondent; mail; message; post; exchange of letters; missive; notes; epistle; Gass; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18494; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43429/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

GassJ D. Muir can make gass on short notice and bust every oyster can under the sun. I tried very hard yesterday to make carbonic acid gass I took a bottle put in a lot of powdered marble and water enough to cover it well, I then commenced slowly to pour in sulphuric acid which made it boil violentl...