Does not like the photos; thinks they should try again.
Last account of Susan Darwin reports she is having a good deal of faintness.
Does not like the photos; thinks they should try again.
Last account of Susan Darwin reports she is having a good deal of faintness.
Gratified that JS defends views of Origin.
Thinks beauty of flowers is solely to attract insects.
No summary available.
Sending the results of his comparison of JH's drawing and the actual earth pillars of Ritten and Stalden.
Sending a copy of his own book, God's Week of Work, which he hopes JH will accept; would welcome any comments on it.
Thanks for his paper on the Pyrenees. Has he made any calculations on the depth from which thermal springs derive? The observations made with the spectroscope are interesting. Sent JH two memoirs by Count de S. Robert; would like them back and any comments JH has to make on them.
Is greatly obliged for his two letters and postscript containing his criticism of the atmospheric law suggested by Count de S. Robert. Hopes soon to make a careful examination of the subject.
Acknowledges receipt of Royal Observatory's astronomical, meteorological, and magnetic observations for 1863.
A letter of introduction on behalf of the Prescott family.
Offers solutions to some of the problems in BP's Infinitesimal Calculus about which BP asked [see BP's 1865-10-28]. Raises a problem in probability theory regarding archery targets for BP.
Is trying to procure a church clock. Asks for advice from JH on choosing a clockmaker and a clock.
Asks that AS show JH's son Alexander around Norwich when he arrives there. Reflects on changes in geology. Has finished hexameter Iliad translation.
Has noted that Josef Stefan of the Vienna Academy of Sciences holds views on light and its polarization similar to GA's [see GA's 1865-10-30]. Agrees with GA's correction of an essay on Julius Caesar's landing in Britain.
Comments on George Witt's work on silvering glass mirrors and on JH's Telescope. States problems with his Newtonian telescope. Works on designs for a binocular telescope.
Thanks JH for contributions to his book on language.
J. S. Parlby's sister receives estate.
Approves of GA's development of a new type of eyepiece for use with the Royal Observatory's transit circle telescope.
Thanking him for his note. Relates events while in India.
Sending comparison to Almanac of 1866. Concerning meteorites. Now principal librarian and professor at the Institution.
Wished to quote JH's name in connection with one of his theories.