Did not realize [John] Hennessey was considering constructing an achromatic telescope. Thanks ES for considering his son, Alexander, for the Melbourne post.
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Did not realize [John] Hennessey was considering constructing an achromatic telescope. Thanks ES for considering his son, Alexander, for the Melbourne post.
Has devised a method of exhibiting the photographs of the configuration of the planets. WS's sister, Mrs. George Peacock, will marry the new Master of Trinity [William H. Thompson].
Says the plan for the exhibition is ingenious. Discusses the 11 year cycle of sunspots and says the sun was spotless the previous day.
Thanks JC for his paper on the 'Influence of the Tidal Wave on the Moon's Motion.' Expresses disagreement with a number of aspects of JC's argument.
RM has inadvertently sent letter intended for 'S,' a chemist, to JH. Having read letter, JH comments that he esteems 'S,' but thinks it advisable to tell 'S' that B.A.A.S. as a body will not recommend 'S's invention to government.
Settles a matter of debt.
Thanks for letter and criticism of his own paper. Seems to have misunderstood most of his points. Explains some of his theories on the movement of the earth and tides.
Comments on JH's health, and on items that are to go into JH's Familiar Lectures.
Thanks for letter. Has just turned 60 himself. Does not like the sound of the bronchitis. Wife thanks him for the pamphlet on Force. It is a dreadful puzzle. Philosophers must deny the existence of things they do not understand. Family members are at Walmer. Gives examples of mistakes being copied. Encloses two riddles.
Thought that JH and Charles Babbage were of the same year, but Cambridge Calendar shows differently; can JH solve the puzzle? Visited H. Crabb Robinson yesterday who gave him some sonnets that had been addressed to Wordsworth. Regarding the 1st edition of the Eikon basilike. Reason for Sir James South's knighthood.
Plans to compile and republish articles on claims of scientific education by famous scientists. Names nine who have consented. Wishes to include JH's letter to [J. C.] Adamson.
News of the family servants, correspondence both JH and MH need to deal with, and prospects for son John.
Pleased to hear of the birth of a daughter to their daughter Maria [Hardcastle]; JH has been breathing carbolic acid fumes for the treatment of bronchitis.
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This is a second letter sent on the same day by Joseph Hooker to Sir Henry Barkly.