] Thank you so much for posting that article, the best I've come across on science in JA's life and works.

] I loved the comparison of Rumford and Lady Catherine de Bourgh (I doubt whether Lady C was ever a spy, but it's an intriguing thought...)

She had intimate knowledge of their shelving arrangements, their physician, and how they ran their house! She wasn't what you could consider undercover, though! Is there such a thing a s "Overt Operations"?

LOL!

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