Sends corrections and suggestions for an advertisement for Zoology and Geology of "Beagle".
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Sends corrections and suggestions for an advertisement for Zoology and Geology of "Beagle".
Thanks for Antarctic flora [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
Agrees geographical distribution will be "the key which will unlock the mystery of species".
Could JDH look over a rough sketch on species?
Thanks EH for his Final report on the geology of Massachusetts [1841]. Comments on EH’s discovery of fossil footprints.
Asks for a meeting in order to go over the shells [which GBS was to describe in the appendix on Tertiary fossil shells in South America].
Comments on JDH’s Flora Antarctica. CD is delighted with it.
"I can never cease marvelling at the similarity of the Antarctic floras: it is wonderful."
Questions JDH on points raised by the work: absence of alpine flora on southern islands; comparison of climate and floras of Tasmania and New Zealand.
Answers CD’s queries arising from Flora Antarctica.
Would like CD to come to town and go over Galapagos plants with him.
Is busy with shell work and cannot make it to Kew. Invites JDH to Down. Intends asking Edward Forbes and Hugh Falconer.
Can JDH come to Down on 6 December? If this is convenient, CD will ask Forbes, Falconer, and perhaps Waterhouse.
Delighted that JDH will come to visit him.
Comments on book by George Grey [Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and Western Australia (1841)]. "The whole expedition was that of a set of School Boys".
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Attended the General Assembly of the Church in Edinburgh in May last. Comments on its proceedings. Travelled around Scotland. Is now on his way to India. Has had good weather for the most part. Comments on Gibraltar, Malta, and North Africa.
Communicating the elements of Castor and Corona by JH's method. Comments on these readings.
Sends thanks and very high praise for AH's first volume of Kosmos. Also comments on a number of other astronomical matters.
Asks WP to recall the particulars of an experimental session [see WP's 1823-3-11] where JH tried to demonstrate the polarization of light by an electrical current in a coil of wire.
WP identifies date and people present at the time of the experiment referred to by JH in his 1845-11-9.
Is now finally empowered to order the telescope he inquired about [see JH's 1843-9-2].
Provides more specific prices and information for the refractor that GM believes will meet the specified needs [see GM's 1843-9-20].