Comments on the several drawings of the same nebulae; thanks WL for the invitation to Malta but JH is too ill to accept.
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Comments on the several drawings of the same nebulae; thanks WL for the invitation to Malta but JH is too ill to accept.
States unequivocally that the letter referred to in JS's 1864-10-11 has not 'a syllable' that can in any way affect the question of the conduct or character of the late Humphry Davy. JH could not conceive of publication of the letter without the express consent of the other person mentioned in it [Charles Babbage].
Notes introduction of 'Worthytype' process into commercial photography. Calls attention to process discovered by JH in 1832 for purifying uranium.
Encloses photograph of JH for Madame [Polko?]. Would like to receive photograph of [Edoard] Vogel. Will send six copies of JH's translations of J. C. F. Schiller's The Walk. JH corrected Schiller's error in line 85.
Outlines his claim as being the inventor of the hyposulfite fixing process.
Describes a method created by JH [see JH's 'Lettre ... sur ... un nouveau procédé pour effectuer la purification complète de l'oxide d'urane,' Annales de chimie, 49 (1832), 306-11] for obtaining pure uranium.
Sends Book XI of JH's Iliad translation. Comments on Book XI. Severe bronchitis continues.