Submit revisions to instructions for conducting and reporting magnetic and meteorological observations.
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Submit revisions to instructions for conducting and reporting magnetic and meteorological observations.
Announces F. W. Bessel's success in measuring stellar parallax.
Postscript: returns on investments.
Sorry to have caused trouble. Please send JH's 'description and sketches' to Peter Stewart at 65 Cornhill.
Notes sent by W. H. Barton to parties with delinquent bills.
Received letter of 10th. Understands that there is no need to forward any more copper.
Refers to [James] Wilson's letter of 18 Nov. Queen must proclaim certain coins to be legal tender in colonies before Mint may issue them.
Encloses copy of note from [W. D.] Haggard regarding production of quicksilver in California. Use of gold bullion coins will be influenced by issue of equilibrium of gold and silver as 'concurrent measures of value.' [JH note on verso on copper alloy ratios.]
Will not comment on 'Extracts of paper &c;' [?]'s 'Suggestions' to [Standards] Committee are thorough and sufficient. Reluctant to introduce changes in units of measurement. Suggestions for security of new standards.
Send books for JH to Patrick Stewart at 65 Cornhill. Will return 'Balloon papers' of J. W. Lubbock soon. Grateful for [?]'s efforts in Macedoine Melloni's cause.
Analysis of quantities of coins in circulation. Explains ways in which gold and silver are diverted from coins to other purposes.
Reports assay results of British coins minted in Turkey.
Will forward [?]'s petition to W. H. Barton when Barton returns next week.
Encloses copy of JH's essay entitled The Yard, the Pendulum, & the Metre... (1863). Speculates on causes for deviation in pendulum measurements. Recommends using torsion gravimeters in 'proposed operation.'
Explains JH's reasons for compiling list of discrepancies between JH's and [?]'s catalogs of stars.
P.S.: Henry Bingley asks Treasury for further clarification on compensation for Bingley's son.
[Unidentified Mint employee] was not properly informed that his duties included instructing persons not employed at Mint.
[Last page only; continues article VIII and begin article IX.] Mint rules for accounting for precious metals. W. T. Brande is responsible for enforcing these in Coining department.
Finally acknowledges that public will not accept decimal currency. Agrees to suppress article 103 and corresponding table. Sorry to see [Indian] rupee sacrificed.
[Last page only] Estimates time to create dies for [?] medal. Reports progress in production of medal.