Regrets that JH's son Alexander is quitting astronomy. Asks JH to support his effort to obtain position at Madras Observatory. Announces first project would be survey of southern heavens in completion of [F. W. A.] Argelander's new atlas.
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Regrets that JH's son Alexander is quitting astronomy. Asks JH to support his effort to obtain position at Madras Observatory. Announces first project would be survey of southern heavens in completion of [F. W. A.] Argelander's new atlas.
Announces success in securing directorship of Madras Observatory, thanks to JH and G. B. Airy. Cannot now change the names for asteroids Hestia or Isis. Asks for suggestions on names in the case of future discoveries.
Describes, using a diagram, how the solar protuberances appeared to him as a color-blind person when he observed a solar eclipse.
Thanks for note of 29 [July]. Expresses doubt over accuracy of his observations of a solar eclipse. Stresses the necessity of careful comparison of various observations. Asks JH's opinion of a photograph with prominences greater and corona less than supposed.
Sends his certificate for the R.S.L. to JH to sign.
Thanks JH for reading his preface to The Genesis of the Earth and Man, and expresses the author's gratitude that JH believes the book will be interesting.
Glad to hear JH feeling better. Enclosing a 'shorter and simpler' explanation of some experiment by Léon Foucault, asking for comments.
Invites JH to stay at BP's home for the B.A.A.S. meeting 27 June. Notes the new museum opens at the same time.
Sends pamphlet on repaying the national debt. Discusses various problems and possibilities concerning the debt.
Has a foreigner staying at his house. Has seen letter by this man addressed to JH. TR wants to know if the foreigner is respectable. Thinks his name is [B.] Birkenthal.
Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].
Mentions a passage of Aristotle regarding comets. Proposes that Origen's theory of the Magi may be correct. Perhaps the Magi saw a comet.
Sends pictures of sun. Thanks JH for sparking his interest in the sun. Wants JH to direct the B.A.A.S.'s use of the Kew telescope to take pictures.
Thanks JH for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.
Believing JH gives TS credit for a proposal not TS's own, clarifies TS's work in lighthouse illumination.
Offers JH and Lady Herschel lodging during Oxford B.A.A.S. meeting.
Tells JH he will search for the requested weather data. Encloses 'Weather Reports in the Newspaper.'
Sends JH pamphlets on the representation of Oriental languages using the Roman alphabet. Outlines the advantages of this system.
Details of Lady Grey's shipboard affair with the Admiral.
Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.