Has just returned from Edinburgh and found JH's letter awaiting him. Relates various experiences in Edinburgh. Recent discoveries in his chemical experiments.
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Has just returned from Edinburgh and found JH's letter awaiting him. Relates various experiences in Edinburgh. Recent discoveries in his chemical experiments.
Will not be in town until Tuesday afternoon. Has been speculating on a means of telegraphic communication between himself and CB.
Queries regarding the refraction of light in crystals.
Thanks for letter. Would he send his paper to [William?] Blackwood. Thinks it only fair that JH's first paper on light should be written on his own, providing he acknowledges his discoveries. Comments on recent experiments. Who has written the article on polarization in the recent Edinburgh Review?
Of Charles Babbage's trip to Scotland [letter continued 1819-10-8].
Of Charles Babbage, family, public affairs, and law suits [letter completed 1819-11-15].