Only on Friday was the paragraph concerning Alexander Herschel brought to the notice of JN. Comments on Alexander's work.
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Only on Friday was the paragraph concerning Alexander Herschel brought to the notice of JN. Comments on Alexander's work.
Strong desire for letters. Misses family. Emptiness of 'civilized' life. Encourages IH's expression of feminine feelings. Concern about Napoleon III, England's national debt, and America's 'vain school-boy-ism.'
Talks about the concepts of thinking and consciousness.
Tells a silly story, and then complains about Charles Babbage stopping by and talking about CB's lighthouse.
Writes to answer a question about the expansion of water on freezing.
Writes to JH with family news, because JH's wife, Margaret, is ill.
Talks about crystal rocks in JH's collection, which may be used, with great care.
Asking for a photograph of himself [see JH's 1853-11-[10]]; complains about the binders putting too much material in one book; talks about daughter Caroline spending much time at Windsor.
Family news and comments.
Tells about missing a meeting with HRH Prince Albert, about a paper read at a R.S.L. meeting, and describes how to figure out how strong a reading glass JH needs to buy for his wife, Margaret. JH saw Charles Wheatstone, who has devised an alphabetic telegraph.