LETTERS OF FRIEDRICH WOHLER 125 



not sea-water mother liquor contain chloride of cal- 

 cium? now so highly valued, because with Chili 

 saltpetre it may be easily changed into nitrate of 

 potash. 



I asked you to pardon this short letter. Write me 

 very soon, for every one of your letters gives me pleas- 

 ure. I should also like to know whether my consign- 

 ment through your brother has been delivered to you 

 promptly. 



Cordially your 



WOHLEB. 



GOTTINGEN, 10 Jan. 1866. 



DEAR GOSSMANN, 



I have not heard from you for a long time. But it is 

 my fault, for I believe I owe you an answer to your last 

 letter. You have perhaps heard from Prof. Joy how I 

 am and that all goes well with me. To-day only a few 

 lines and these in great haste. 



A former pupil of mine, Herr Meinhard Alsberg, 

 later assistant to Geuther in Jena, wishes me to com- 

 mend hun to you, as he believes that you would have 

 an influential voice in obtaining for him an appoint- 

 ment as assistant in chemistry at a technical school in 

 Philadelphia. He is at present in Philadelphia and in- 

 tends to apply for the position. So far as I know him, 

 I can strongly recommend him. Moreover, he has 

 already recommended himself through several good 

 investigations, the results of which have been pub- 

 lished in the Annalen. 



This is all I have to say. I hope all goes well with 



