Regrets being absent when JH and sons called at [JG]'s home. Hopes to show JH some peculiar electrical phenomena that [JG] observed. Encloses two letters from [W. H.] Miller.
Regrets being absent when JH and sons called at [JG]'s home. Hopes to show JH some peculiar electrical phenomena that [JG] observed. Encloses two letters from [W. H.] Miller.
Asks for JH's autograph. Aspires to be an astronomer. Was impressed by JH's feeling for humanity at the Leed's Young Men's Christian Institute.
Acknowledges JH's letter and thanks him for it. Praises JH profusely.
Regarding report on magnetic observatories to be laid before R.S.L. president and council.
Is pleased to hear of his support for the Young Men's Association at Leeds. Is reading the new edition of JH's Outlines Astr.
Her daughter is shortly to be married to Charles Norman. News of the defects of vision in her children and her anxieties regarding it.
Sending a copy of the Photographic News in which an extract from JH's speech at the B.A.A.S. appears. Would like further details of JH's theories regarding the chemistry of photography.
Comments on various specimen photographic papers JH is sending; JH believes he has isolated a metal he wants to call 'Junonium.'
Has just returned home and found the Photographic News and the queries regarding chemical experiments and photography. Gives details, but regrets he has not published much on it yet as he is still experimenting.
Thanks for letter. Will insert the information in a forthcoming issue of the Photographic News. Awaits with interest news of the new metals discovered by JH. Would like a small quantity of Junoniate of soda.
Letter and bottle of solution arrived safely. His latest photographic experiments. Is pleased to hear that JH approves of his efforts to chronicle photographic experiments.
Has now had time to examine the stereoscopic photograph of the moon. Thinks it is a wonderful effect and opens up a new field for terrestrial objects.
On the definition of an island, and an invitation to lecture about a comet.
Sending a query regarding JH's philosophy.
JH has turned round his question. Samuel Earnshaw has professed to have integrated the pipe equation. Gives an equation of his own.
Invites remarks from JH. Except for W. H. F. Talbot's 'new discovery,' the subject of copying paintings draws the most attention from readers.
Please distinguish between the genus Wellingtonia and the genus Sequoia.
Discusses the use in photography of a metallic substance named Junonium.
Gives a detailed account of the wanderings and visits of JH and son John; among other things they observed a comet at night.
Discusses various arrangements of the chemical elements, including those of [J. P.] Cooke and [John] Mercer. Asks WW about capillary action.