Send inventory of [furnishings at] 32 Harley Street. New occupant is waiting to move in.
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Send inventory of [furnishings at] 32 Harley Street. New occupant is waiting to move in.
JJ's letter to Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone] regarding JJ's discovery of new alloy that makes gold strong as steel was forwarded to JH. Send samples to JH.
Recent gold from Bank of England exhibits unusual properties in melting. Add 0.0005 extra alloy to each ingot.
Describes current state of coinage of silver coins.
Suggests a circular to the banks in Great Britain to get the information that WG wants.
Deals with the question of standard weights in relation to testing the accuracy of the weights of coins.
Writes to the Governor of the Bank of England to inquire as to the preference of the public for particular coins, especially the florin [two shilling] piece.
Inviting JH, together with other members of the R.A.S., for dinner on the following day.
Sending an equation for JH to solve. Thanks for sending details of the weight of the florin, and the song from Punch. If he wishes JH may borrow books from the College library.
Sends Henry Warburton's equation and integral; thanks AD for humorous story sent to Collingwood.
Sending one of his equations for JH's comments.
Accepts AD's correction regarding Henry Warburton's writings [see JH's 1854-11-2].
Happy that JH may be leaving Mint and returning to scientific pursuits. HW resumed work on equations in finite differences. Hopes to reconcile discrepancy between JH's and P. S. Laplace's solutions. JH's solution renders only particular, not general, solutions.
Approves of JH sharing HW's findings. HW on excellent terms with Augustus De Morgan. Suspects two integrals exist, one real and one imaginary, for P. S. Laplace's equation.
New South Wales Government wishes to have medals struck. JH has recommended LW. Is LW interested? LW must not, however, use Mint machinery in this process.
Seeks information on the reaction of the public to the florin or two shilling piece.
Sending his theory of the orbits of comets. Comments on this.