Reports on paper [R.S.P.T., 159,. 575-] by [Thomas] Andrews on continuity of gaseous and liquid states of matter, believing it fit for publication.
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Reports on paper [R.S.P.T., 159,. 575-] by [Thomas] Andrews on continuity of gaseous and liquid states of matter, believing it fit for publication.
Agrees with BS's objection against performing daily analyses of individual barometric pressure records. Believes monthly analyses of importance for observing laws of annual pressure.
Thanks for notice on first performance of Melbourne telescope and its contributions to knowledge about nature and role of nebulae. Comments on relationship of nebula and apparently associated stars. Looks forward to report on Magellanic Clouds.
Suggests experiments with regard to polarization and vaporization, and comets' tails.
Thanks for paper on comets. Offers questions, problems to be resolved, particularly on termination of comet.
Writes of children's accomplishments. Discusses possible changes in nebula near Eta Argus.
Receives Mary Somerville's autobiography; explains poor health will prohibit him from detailed scrutiny of the writing.
Many thanks for the papers on the chemistry of the blast furnace. Remarks concerning this.
Comments on liquid and gaseous states of matter and on colloids; appreciates EB's kind words about JH's son Alexander.
Continues to rail against the imposition of the metric system in India; argues against any change in the British sovereign coin.
Thanks for the gift of the paper on color. Comments on this and the subject in general.
Thanks for his report on dredging operations. Comments on the findings.
Reply to FC's 1869-9-27.
Comments on 'rubbish' published by Poet Laureate, EC's report of the weather of 1849, and the flowers and plants growing in JH's garden.
Comments on poetry, EC's and Robert Browning's; talks about the bicycle.
Thanks for the gift of a sonnet; JH too much in figures to allow the muse to repay the gift.
On AD's and JH's illnesses; asks AD about Latin verses of the medieval period.
About AD's health and the cold summer.
Concerned about AD's health. Offers theory of the constitution of matter.
Is delighted to see him astride one of his old hobbies. Regarding the edition of William Spence's Mathematical Essays. Only remembers an 1819 one. His own health is not good.