Recalls with delight experiments in solar radiation at MG home and puts MG in communication with James Forbes of Edinburgh.
Recalls with delight experiments in solar radiation at MG home and puts MG in communication with James Forbes of Edinburgh.
Is grateful for the assistance received while in Catania. Comments on the divisions of the barometer. His own barometer was undamaged after travelling 500 miles over impassible roads. Would be pleased to receive communications.
Sending papers published by their Academy. Will be pleased to help in any way.
Has heard nothing from JH since he left the island. Would like to hear regarding the height of Etna and the latest comet.
Sends his reasons for not writing. Includes results of his readings of Etna and observations of the comet.
Sending three memoirs by his brother, two on Pantellaria and one on the forms of mountains. Would like a copy of JH's observations made in Sicily.
Was pleased to receive JH's letter and his observations of Etna. Would like his memoir on the Nebulae of the Southern Hemisphere. Wishes him a prosperous time at the Cape. Would like some of the copper coins from Madagascar.
Hears that JH has arrived safely at the Cape and discovered two new planets already. Will shortly receive Niccolo Cacciatore. The shape of Etna has changed. His own brothers are away at the moment.
Would like to hear of any new discoveries. Is pleased he will see JH on his way home from the Cape. Nothing happening at the moment to Etna.
Congratulations on the birth of an infant. Niccolo Cacciatore is still working with the meridian. There has been no fall of aereolites in Sicily in spite of reports in the papers.
Thanks for JH's observations and notes on nebulae. Hopes JH will come to Etna to see the changes in the crater.
Has received the printed copy of JH's observations on nebulae from Naples. Hopes JH will return to England via Sicily.
Pleased to hear of the good health of JH and family. Everyone hopes JH will make new discoveries in the physiological and anatomical fields as a result of his observations. Etna's crater is slowly changing. A fireball has been observed; also Halley's Comet as correctly predicted by Niccolo Cacciatore.
Discusses observations of Mt. Etna since its last eruption in 1832 and the work of geologist Teodoro Monticelli.
Sees Niccolo Cacciatore. Mt. Etna 'continues its silence.'