Family will arrive at Norwich on 16 May. Discusses Norfolk strata and Cray fossils.
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Family will arrive at Norwich on 16 May. Discusses Norfolk strata and Cray fossils.
Has heard of AS's broken arm. Sends regards from the family.
Asks JH to consider Reginald Octavius Day for an appointment to the new mint in Australia. Sends regards of his nieces and self.
William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.
Has signed George Wilson's certificate. Says William Whewell's book is 'clever but wrong.' Says moral and intellectual life is possible on Jupiter.
Has JH received the second or third of AS's Cambridge Paleozoic? Asks about William Whewell's pamphlets regarding the University. Describes trip to Scotland.
Discusses AS's new book [Synopsis of the Classification of the British Palaeozoic Rocks...]. Wishes to have the completed work sent to him and sends congratulations on its completion. JH's health is improving.
Praises AS's new book [Synopsis of the Classification of the British Palaeozoic Rocks...]. All is well at Collingwood.
Is glad that J. C. Maxwell has received the Aberdeen Professorship. Has forwarded 'your last' to the Principal. Is feeling better, but still needs crutches.
JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.
Writes to point out an error in a pamphlet he had written. Discusses plans for upcoming trip to the north.
Thanks JH for translation of Iliad. AS's health has been poor. Invites the Herschels to Norwich.
JH's daughter Maria is getting married. JH has been ill. The Iliad translation is almost finished.
Thanks AS for his letter. Offers congratulations to newly married Maria Herschel. Will be returning to Cambridge to give his 46th course of lectures.
Asks that AS show JH's son Alexander around Norwich when he arrives there. Reflects on changes in geology. Has finished hexameter Iliad translation.
Eyesight is failing. Discusses William Whewell's death and pays him tribute. Says Professor [W. H.] Thompson will replace Whewell.
Has printed a Memorial about Norwich. Discusses this pamphlet. Has been ill. Discusses solitude and says almost none of his friends are still living.
Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from JH.
Praises AS for commencing his fifty-second course of lectures at age 84. Laments his own frailty. Recommends an array of meteorological books . Lists 'useful' meteorological instruments. Mentions family matters.
Asks various questions about P. S. Laplace's nebular hypothesis and about Auguste Comte's discussion of it. AS comments: 'Your Father and you have given ample materials for observations for a 1000 years to come.'