Happy to support LAR’s application to the Royal Society.
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Happy to support LAR’s application to the Royal Society.
Encloses diagram illustrating difference between Chthamalus and Balanus. Specimens sent. Finds no Chthamalus in WT’s collection.
Has read with much interest WT’s book [The natural history of Ireland, vol. 1 (1849)].
Recommends E. S. Dixon’s book [Ornamental and domestic poultry; their history and management (1848)].
CD is obliged to put off his journey to Paris because of ill-health, but this will give CD more time to study the specimens.
Values HM-E’s opinion on CD’s barnacle work more than any man’s in Europe.
The entire family will set out for Malvern for six to eight weeks’ trial of J. M. Gully’s water-cure.
Family news.
Writes a detailed account of his treatment at J. M. Gully’s hydropathy establishment at Malvern.
Reports progress with water-cure. Describes the treatment.
CD’s health and his father’s death have delayed his answer. Describes J. M. Gully’s water-cure.
JDH’s Galapagos papers [Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233] have excellent discussion of geographical distribution, but why no general treatment of affinities?
CD’s views on clay-slate laminae.
Turmoil in Royal Society between naturalists and physicists.
Reports on developments in recent years, his father’s death, his own poor health, publications, and work on barnacles. Asks SC to collect some specimens, if he lives near the sea.
News of FitzRoy and B. J. Sulivan.
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Has just been able to consult Sir William Herschel's papers. Regarding Yvon Villarceau's method of measuring the orbits. May be like his own, which he briefly outlines.
Would like to ask a few more questions regarding JH's method outlined in his last letter. Can UL submit it to the Institute?
Found his letter on return from London. Would be pleased for UL to submit part of his letter of 19 Mar. to the Institute. Further comments on part of this letter.
Has just received JH's letter giving details of an interesting auroral phenomenon. Has been experimenting with wire insulates. Henry Lawson has observed streams of red light resembling aurora.
Tells GA about the internal counterpoise system in use in some German telescope mountings, and includes a diagram; JH knows nothing about chilling speculum metal [see GA's 1849-3-7].
Received news today of JS's arrival in Bombay. Describes conflict as 'Armageddon.' Family news. John Stewart returned from China and leaves soon to meet Matilda [Grahame] in Paris. [Richard] Jones's concern for JS is genuine. Eneas Mackintosh obtained cadetship for JH's son John at Addiscombe.
Asks JH's opinion about GA's plan not to print a separate volume of magnetic and meteorological observations for 1848.
Some concerns about GA's intent of attaching magnetic and meteorological observations to the R.A.S.'s Astronomical Observations [see GA's 1849-3-28].