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Is grateful for his paper on musical scales. Comments on the characteristics of wind instruments. Some friends of his saw a brilliant meteor fall last Tuesday.
JH's notes and version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno has made him attempt a version in the original rhyming meter. Would like his comments.
Is very grateful for his comments on her translation of Dante's Inferno. Will obtain Mr. Ford's version. Intends to continue with her translation though she sees no prospect of it being printed.
Sending the dimensions of the Great Stone in the quarry near Baalbek. Has sent his paper to the Consul in Egypt. Greatly enjoyed his stay at the Herschels'.
R. I. Murchison has forwarded JH's letter about the noises at Nakkus in Sinai. Has heard the noises several times and thinks they are caused by the movement of sand. There is much static electricity in sand.
Had no time to write before he sailed [see FH's 1868-10-23, which is similar in content]; forward letters to the Ordnance Office, Southampton.
JH's translation of first canto of Dante's Inferno (1868) is best HH has ever seen. Thanks for JH's commendation of HH's own translations [?]. More observations of soap bubbles.
Hopes he can have JH's vote. Would like to add JH's name to his committee, which would not involve him in any work.
Many thanks. There is no name he prizes more than JH's.
Sees what a majority William Ewart's bill had yesterday. Comments on the events leading to this. So glad of the marriage of Amelia Herschel.
Sending a copy of his speech on Weights and Measures. Will be spending the recess in Dorset.
Much obliged for his kind notes on sunspots; there has been a wonderful variety lately. Will make a study of the Julian dates. Can see the Crystal Palace fireworks splendidly from his house.
Makes no claim to originality for his experiments; thinks highly of Dr. W. C. Wells but would like to know whether [Pierre] Prévost's theory is tenable.
Has just found that the bands of light from the comet are resolved by the spectroscope into bands that constitute a modified form of carbon. The spectrum of the comet was compared directly with a current of olefiant gas.
Is grateful for his note. Has sent a paper to the R.S.L. on cometary phenomena and encloses a copy of the part in which he refers to JH's views. Would be glad if it were possible to explain the phenomena of tails.