Urges JH to plead to Lord Palmerston on behalf of [H. C.] Schumacher. Suggests arguments JH might use. States that JH as 'chief of British astronomy by inheritance, by age & by service' is the ideal person to make this plea.
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Urges JH to plead to Lord Palmerston on behalf of [H. C.] Schumacher. Suggests arguments JH might use. States that JH as 'chief of British astronomy by inheritance, by age & by service' is the ideal person to make this plea.
Thanks JH for the letter to Lord Palmerston on [H. C.] Schumacher's behalf. Comments on British politics.
Promises in her next letter to comment about JH's 'chrysotype' photographic process.
Thanks JH for JH's translation of Friederich Schiller's poem 'The Walk.'
Describes rock formations in Kamiesberg region seen while working on Arc of Meridian project. Thinks Bokkeveld would make ideal site for a meteorological observatory.
Discusses matter touching P.M. and Scientific Memoirs.
Sends packet from John William Draper containing material for an issue of P.M. Asks JH's advice on publication of articles for Scientific Memoirs.
Asks for advice on a number of scientific papers.
Sends Joseph Cranch to consult with JH over an equatorial telescope for Harvard College Observatory.
Thanks JH for reporting on C. P. Smyth's progress. Has read JH's translations of Schiller's The Walk. Sends copy of C. P. Smyth's work at Baseline Camp Zwartland on the remeasurement of N. L. Lacaille's meridian of arc.
Thanks JH for advice on the issue of P.M. that has just been published.
Construction of Herschel Obelisk at Feldhausen underway. Describes items to be included at the monument.
Thanks JH for a letter of introduction.
Sending two papers, one for the Physical Committee.
Regarding JH's receipt of the 'Standard' reports. Remarks on the electrometer and barometer in the recent storm.
Regarding his letter writing. Has a promise of a trip on the Dover Railway.
Hopes to meet JH on 29 March.
Returns photographs of spectrum, with observations on the results.
Returning photographs, with observations. Regarding the transport of loads in hilly country. Remarks on the transcription and pronunciation of foreign languages.
Returning packet of papers on magnetism. Encloses copy of a letter he has sent to Edward Sabine. Has seen the recent eclipse of the sun.