Apologizes for not sending JH copies of GP's recent writings. Is now beginning a memoir on action-at-a-distance [?], and wonders if the R.A.S. or R.S.L. would be interested.
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Apologizes for not sending JH copies of GP's recent writings. Is now beginning a memoir on action-at-a-distance [?], and wonders if the R.A.S. or R.S.L. would be interested.
Agrees with JH's opinion regarding allowances for those Mint officers mentioned in JH's letter of 1 Sept. Accepts proposals made by JH. Sent curious Italian work on decimal system to JH.
Encourages JH to view the change being proposed [see JH's 1854-9-6] as an improvement.
Sends on a letter from George Peacock, who is quite opposed to the proposed changes [see JH's 1854-9-6]; GA would be interested in JH's response.
Sends copy of HW's paper, with manuscript listing properties of differences of zero. Is there a published table of such differences like that in JH's [Examples of Finite Differences (1820)]?
Applies for employment as engraver at the Royal Mint. Summarizes his past experience and provides a seal of his own design.