Thanks for a number of items of poetry and sends EC a translation of some poetry by Friedrich Schiller.
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Thanks for a number of items of poetry and sends EC a translation of some poetry by Friedrich Schiller.
Thanks for a collection of poems; comments on lunar eclipses.
Has read JH's publication on volcanoes ['About Volcanoes and Earthquakes']. Comments on the formation of rocks and the creation of the world.
Is grateful for the note and brochure. Is grieved to hear of the illness in his family. His own health is not good. Comments on the article on Telescopes by JH in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Pleased to hear that the memorial on behalf of Thomas Maclear has been successful. Comments on the mild weather. Hopes the health of his daughter is improving.
Gives details of calculations [for JH's catalogue of nebulae]. Three more weeks of work needed.
Preparing classified index of observatory journals, but information will not be accurate enough to help JH. G. J. Stoney is too busy to help remeasure nebulae positions.
Invites JH to R.A.S. dinner on 9 Jan. to meet Sir G. C. Lewis.
Austrian consul, Mr. Schaeffer, sent JH one copy of Voyage of the Navara and map, care of R.A.S. If parcel arrives, send it to Smith, Elder & Co.
Eighteen months ago, JH sent to JW autographs of William and Caroline Herschel and Baron von Humboldt. Now seeks another of each.
Thanks JH for sending HS a copy of JH's dialogue ['On Atoms']. Comments on it.
Has received letter from Lord Palmerston [Henry John Temple] approving JH's request for a memorial for Thomas Maclear.
A short note to comment on photographs son John has sent; also inquires about prospects for the India survey John has discussed.
Thanks WW for and comments on WW's Lectures on Political Economy. Has learned that the theory of rent is exploded. JH's daughter Julia is seriously ill.
Enjoyed reading the dialogues of Hermogenes and Hermione [JH's 'On Atoms']. Found William Higgins's book some years ago and it appeared the basis for John Dalton's views. Finds astronomy and geology the basis for Old Testament inspiration. How absurd is the modern notion of circuits.
Ideas respecting gravitating lunisolar action on the atmosphere—as apart from that of heat or other influence.
Sending a little work on the philosophy of astronomy [Pluralité des mondes habités].
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Letter dated 1863, over two pages.