Invitation to dinner next Wednesday.
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Invitation to dinner next Wednesday.
Would like JH to write the obituary of François Arago for the R.S.L.
[Extract] Appeals [to R.S.L.] for financial support to J. R. Hind, whose health is failing. Encloses letter and sketch from Hind, certificate for Dr. Hall, and letter from Richard Sheepshanks.
Will attend R.S.L. council today to present B.A.A.S. request for £300 to support balloon ascents for meteorological research.
Happy to assist by writing to John Russell on behalf of [pension for J. R.] Hind. Results of WP's recent observations. Recommends Thomas Grubb as candidate for Chief Coiner at Mint.
Sends sketches of nebulae. It is time to do something about Toronto magnetic observatory. Should it be continued?
Regrets inability to write [obituary] memoir of François Arago for R.S.L. Anniversary Meeting.
Asks JH's opinion on candidates for Copley Medal to be presented in November.
Discusses possible recipients of Royal Medals, continuing to favor Edward Sabine.
Believes Toronto magnetic observatory should somehow be continued, at least temporarily.
Declines WP's request that JH write an obituary notice of François Arago. Agrees R.S.L. should publish such. Suggests [Charles] Wheatstone as author.
Arrangements JH has made for admission [to Mint?] for WP and some of WP's friends.
Would WP accept the presidency of the Photographic Society? Describes that society.
Compares in regard to the awarding of the R.S.L.'s Copley medal the contributions of three scientists: Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Weber, and [illegible].
Discusses W. H. Fox Talbot's patent application, commenting that JH wishes all patents were abolished. Regrets that duties at the Mint and for the Cambridge University Commission have hindered JH's ability to carry out JH's responsibilities to WP.