Reports on his geological work in N. Wales since he and CD parted. Answers CD’s queries.
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Reports on his geological work in N. Wales since he and CD parted. Answers CD’s queries.
Is glad of CD’s appointment and hopes it will be a source of happiness and honour.
Answers a query about books.
Suggests CD go to Geological Society, present himself, as AS’s friend, to William Lonsdale and study the Society’s collection.
Tells CD of his work in Wales; includes a diagram and explanations.
Ramsay’s death a grievous loss.
Thanks CD for the Origin; AS has read the book "with more pain than pleasure". CD has deserted "the true method of induction" and many of his wide conclusions are "based upon assumptions which can neither be proved nor disproved". His "grand principle – natural selection" is "but a secondary consequence of supposed, or known, primary facts".
Referee’s report on "Elevation on the coast of Chili" [(1838), Collected papers 1: 41–3] and paper by Alexander Caldcleugh on same subject. Recommends printing CD’s in Transactions and shortening Caldcleugh’s. [W. Lonsdale’s note shows CD’s paper withdrawn 15 Nov 1837, Caldcleugh’s ordered not printed 15 Nov 1837.]
Referee report on CD’s "Volcanic phenomena in South America" [Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Deductions incontrovertible, but theoretical remarks not clearly stated.
Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.
Describes his ill health.
Invites CD to visit Cambridge.
[Letter dated November in error.]
Writes of CD’s recent visit to Cambridge and the joy it gave him.
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Thanks JH for communication to the [Cambridge Philosophical] Society. States the reactions of Cambridge faculty to the society. Gives dates for next meetings.
States that the [Cambridge Philosophical Society] meeting went well. Charges against council were proven unfounded with the help of a letter from [Webster?]. James Cumming has been experimenting with magneticogalvanic phenomena.
Discusses study of Oolite beds. Mother recently died. Will bring paper to publisher. Discusses last Cambridge Philosophical Society meeting, [James] Wood, and [E. D.] Clarke. Cannot locate the crystal JH requested.
Discusses prior meeting of B.A.A.S. to determine if [Cambridge] University would receive it. Says meeting went well. Asks if JH will agree to chair the B.A.A.S. meeting.
Discusses meetings of B.A.A.S. Describes [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation as a 'singularly shallow work.' Asks various astronomical questions of JH. Says the author misunderstands P. S. Laplace and Auguste Comte. AS is quite harsh in criticism.
Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.
Thanks JH for letter of 7 December, inviting him to Collingwood for Christmas. Apologizes for not coming. Received bad domestic news and was robbed. Will testify at Old Bailey.
Is ill and cannot write instructions. Directs JH to instructions written earlier by the Council of the Geological Society.
Needs clarification of the relationship between the sun's rotation and the nebular hypothesis. Do the planets between Mars and Jupiter create problems for the hypothesis?
Tells JH to arrive 16 May. Will send train schedule. Sends regards to family.