Before meeting of Balloon Committee, requests JH's opinion on value of renewing balloon ascents.
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Before meeting of Balloon Committee, requests JH's opinion on value of renewing balloon ascents.
Agrees with papers demonstrating falsity of present methods of correcting barometer for moisture and 'dogma of one gas being a vacuum to another.'
Interprets [John] Dalton's theory of the nonelasticity of gas particles, expressing its limitations, particularly in regard to a Mr. Paton's paper.
Suggests possible times to meet with JH.
Encloses newly-discovered proof that John Forbes Watson's wet bulb depression was not a clerical error.
Suggests course of action regarding 'Gen'l. Cullen's [?]' hydrometric observations submitted to R.S.L.
Reports on and discusses applications of hourly wet bulb observations in ocean.
Asks JH to look at a letter by John Forbes Watson, whose paper the R.S.L. recently refused to read.