Is sorry to hear that the JHs have fever in the house. Hopes it will soon move away. Fever has been prevalent in Kent this year. Believes London is more healthy. Sends a problem.
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Is sorry to hear that the JHs have fever in the house. Hopes it will soon move away. Fever has been prevalent in Kent this year. Believes London is more healthy. Sends a problem.
Hopes all is well. Has not seen the point about James Challis to which JH refers, but Challis has produced strange theorems.
Sends an extract from J. J. Lalande's article on planets from the Encyclopédie méthodique. Sends two of his own theorems.
Like Professor Olearius Schneiderhausen, AD has had only one coat in two years. JH will go on for many more years. Sends one of his theorems.
Regarding translations of Walter Mapes regarding the origin of the word theodolite.
Wife and family are on holiday at Portmadoc. Obtains his rhymes from Thomas Wright's Political Songs of England. Relates a tale of how a priest tricked a farmer in medieval times.
Regarding a suitable length for the proposed metric system. Hopes the metrical people will continue to agitate.
Comments on family health; asks AD if he has read James Challis on the topics of the ether and of zodiacal light.
Agrees that the weather is hot. The word theodolite. Where did he obtain his verses by Walter Mapes? Why not come and visit them?
Comments on Greek fire lead JH into a variety of recollections.
Austrian consul, Mr. Schaeffer, sent JH one copy of Voyage of the Navara and map, care of R.A.S. If parcel arrives, send it to Smith, Elder & Co.