Sends WH some plant specimens, and will send on any unique plants. JH has been asked for a description of the 'botanical climate' of the Cape, and asks WH's assistance with this.
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Sends WH some plant specimens, and will send on any unique plants. JH has been asked for a description of the 'botanical climate' of the Cape, and asks WH's assistance with this.
A note to accompany some more plant specimens for WH to identify.
Sending the chronometer.
Agrees with George Airy that Mercury should be studied more closely. Discusses TM's researches of N. L. Lacaille's Northern Extremity.
Reports the birth of John Herschel, JH's sixth child and third son.
Comments on some parts of CB's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, especially on CB's mathematical estimating of the credibility of miracles. JH shows that such a process cannot work. [Letter finished 1837-10-25.]
Has been astonished by the resolution of the meeting of the Kirk. Hopes JF will do something to calm down the parties.