Sorrow at loss of his daughter.
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Sorrow at loss of his daughter.
Condolences on death of JDH’s daughter.
Comments on CD’s paper on Linum [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Sends specimens of dimorphic and trimorphic Oxalis.
Comments on H. W. Bates’s work [Naturalist on the river Amazons].
Is working on a notice for the Natural History Review [n.s. 4 (1864): 37–43] of Huxley’s lectures to working men on the origin of species.
On behalf of her father, she asks that his name be put down for James Buckman’s testimonial. His cheque for £2.2.0 is enclosed.
With scientific party to Amiens to look at gravel-pits, the geology of which JDH describes at length.
Apologises that CD is too unwell to do any work, but he is most interested in the frequent occurrence of inherited variations in one locality. It would have been a pleasure to visit if his health had permitted.
Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.
Returns Gray’s review [of paper on mimetic analogy, Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 36 (1863): 285–90]
and expresses his sorrow over CD’s health.
CD’s health.
Family and local news.
Has a letter from Haast on the spreading of European plants.
Tells CD where to pick up the partridge’s foot with the ball of earth attached; sends a copy of his remarks on the same. [See Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 13 (1864): 99–101.]
Sees that JH mentions 'the longitude of perihelion on the ecliptic' as one of the elements he would like to have in the case of the small planets. Would like his advice.
Comments on JH's advice regarding the 'longitude of perihelion in the ecliptic.'
Explaining some of the signs in the enclosed table. Has sent the Nautical Almanac for 1867.
Sending the revision of the first half sheet for the 1867 supplement containing the latest elements of the small planets.
Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.
Much obliged for his letters regarding the amalgam of iron. Cannot account for his ignorance of JH's Bakerian lecture.
Sends by book post two photographs of the original drawings of the sun's observations, also a photograph of a model of the S.E. portion of the moon; comments on them. Will be pleased to accept JH's invitation to visit Collingwood.
Fine weather is getting rare at this time of year and would therefore like to induce the Herschels to visit him while it lasts.