A note to add to a previous letter.
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A note to add to a previous letter.
A note about how to send mail to Richarda Airy in Madeira.
Thanks GA for his description of Madeira; JH will try to get to Greenwich next day.
A note accompanying the return of some papers and letters to JH.
A note to accompany the forwarding of some papers.
Is seeking clarification about some papers GA sent to JH.
Offers some explanations for the reports in the papers [see JH's 1852-9-6] of seeing strange objects in the heavens; GA calls it 'hemiplegia.'
Giving his views on an observatory being linked with a university.
Returns Richard Sheepshanks's papers with some comments [see GA's 1852-1-15].
Wants to begin using decimal fractional weights of pounds and ounces at the Royal Mint, rather than pennyweights and grains. Would like to extend this method beyond the Mint. Asks for date of heliacal rising of Sirius at Athens in the time of Euripides.
Happened to meet JH's wife, Margaret; was very pleased to see her in such good health. Has heard a rumor about a Bank of England resolution on decimalization [see GA's 1852-3-15].
The Bank of England will start to deal with weights of precious metals in decimals only [see GA's 1852-10-23]. JH responds to a letter in the Times about the shortage of silver coins.