From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Crawford Hyndman
Date:
16 Apr [1852]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.101)
Summary:
Thanks GCH for Balanus specimens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Thanks GCH for Balanus specimens.
Ceases receiving coal supply to his office, an allowance made to BP for 35 years. Mint owes him four months' salary. Makes a reference to plight of G. B. Airy, who might be turned out of his residence at the Royal Observatory.
Discusses magnetic observations from Toronto and Hobarton from the 1840s. Attempting to determine when range of variation was greatest.
Discusses the political atmosphere in London and some family matters.