Would he like to come for a trip down the river to see W. E. Parry's Expedition ships? Query regarding quartz crystals. Date for Pearsonian dinner.
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Would he like to come for a trip down the river to see W. E. Parry's Expedition ships? Query regarding quartz crystals. Date for Pearsonian dinner.
Cannot accompany CB to Deptford because JH busy with James South. Mentions the 'Pearsonian dinner,' 'plagi[h]edral' crystals, and a letter by Wilhelm Olbers.
Acknowledges in JH's father's name FB's notice of the upcoming annular eclipse of 1820. Stresses the importance of observing it.
Will show JH largest specimen of apophyllite [Argentine spar] in kingdom.
Offers Smith loan of correspondence of [Emanuel Mendez] da Costa [(1717-1791), naturalist].
Options for publication. Shall obtain Miss Currer's correspondence collection for Smith's consultation.
Discusses inclusion of Miss Currer's [John] Ray's letters in ["A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus" (1821)].