Sending him R. J. Mann's letter. Mann could call to see him if convenient. News of her children.
Sending him R. J. Mann's letter. Mann could call to see him if convenient. News of her children.
Would like to include JH's name among those proposed for honorary degrees at Cambridge when he becomes Chancellor of the University.
JH's reply to WC's 1862-4-21.
Sent his paper on probabilities a few days ago. Shows how his own method is different from that of L. A. J. Quetelet. Sends a poem.
Many thanks for the hexameters. Comments on these and the meter of English poetry.
Acknowledges receipt of [JH's Cape Results].
Printing 1000 copies of JH's Catalogue [of Nebulae]. Please transfer funds to GA to cover expenses.
Disappointed that EC could not visit Collingwood in February while in Tunbridge Wells to visit daughter, Mrs. Arthur Warre. Leaving for London to see Exhibition.
Received £10 for cost of reducing JH's 'Catalogue of Nebulae.' Send description of catalogue.
Please send receipt for £20.
Two casks of wine will be sent today to JH at Collingwood.
Thanks for HT's St. Clement's Eve. Has been reading it with much interest. Praises it.
Reports the disappearance of a nebula seen by William Herschel in Coma Berenices, but which H. L. d'Arrest did not locate in 1850.
Responds to WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. Is preparing a 'General Index Catalogue of Nebulae,' with help from computists supplied by G. B. Airy. Asks WW to recommend JH's son Alexander for a professorship at the Andersonian University of Glasgow.
Sends, along with comments, JH's translation of part of Book II of Homer's Iliad. Is avoiding consulting other translations.
Thanks for a report by RF; comments on barometric readings.
Regarding water in the atmosphere. Effect of the moon on clouds. Some of the curiosities seen by his son while at the Embassy in Japan, including a device for giving warnings of earthquakes. Intends to show combinations of wind currents.
Comments on the pressure of the atmosphere; is convinced of the effect of the full moon on weather.
Further comments regarding the pressure of the atmosphere. His sketch was to demonstrate the currents of air. JH's comments on the moon were interesting.
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