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Of family news, health, and an eclipse of the moon [letter completed 1834-1-8].
Hopes he received his Essay on the Primitive Standard. Arrived at Simon's Town on Tuesday and hopes to call on JH before he departs.
Comparisons of the functioning of JH's barometer and that of TM.
Recent article in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal confirms JH's notion about transfer of atmospheric pressure between hemispheres. Meteorological journal from 1828 to 1833 of Captain Barnes, port officer of Cape Town, provided JH with formula for determining annual maxima and minima of pressure.
Poem in honor of JH's arrival at Cape of Good Hope.
Describes in detail many of the plants at the Cape, especially flowering and variously scented ones.
Is sorry they were unable to see the Herschels but would be happy to dine at Feldhausen.
Recognizing the limitations of DS's medical education and DS's location in India as well as JH's superior learning, DS requests that his brother-in-law (JH) recommend to him a 'course of study' suitable to DS's situation and needs.