Returns letter of George Bryandt. Dispute over auction of property belonging to MB's late brother [Thomas], of whose will JH is executor.
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Returns letter of George Bryandt. Dispute over auction of property belonging to MB's late brother [Thomas], of whose will JH is executor.
Needs time to consider GK's request. What connection is expected between [Clarendon] Press and each author, or among all authors in GK's proposed series?
Clarendon Press plans to publish series on logic. Invites JH to write treatise on inductive logic. Expect letters on this from John Phillips and Bartholomew Price.
Grateful that JH is considering [writing treatise on inductive logic]. Each book in series is independent of other authors. Conveyed JH's request to Bartholomew Price.
Supports G. W. Kitchin's request that JH write treatise on inductive logic for benefit of Oxford students.
Requests JH's views on inductive logic for a publication by Cambridge.
Appreciates the receipt of volume one of the tenth edition of CL's Principles of Geology.
Informs JH that his comments against sending a major telescope to India were decisive [see JH's 1866-8-11 & 1866-9-4]; biggest cost impediment was salary of observer.
In response to ES's 1866-12-6, JH sees no benefit in a great equatorial telescope in India being an itinerant instrument.
Discusses current debate over placement of telescope in India. Discusses various possibilities for telescope.
Thanks JH for his sympathy regarding WS's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.
Congratulates WS on his recovery. Thanks him for the meteor observations. The evidence points to an 11 rather than a 10 year period [in sunspots?].
Expresses good wishes for JH. Talks about aging. Notes JH's interest in poetry. Thanks for 'Of the Estimation of Skill in Targetshooting.' Has given it to [Edouard] Mailley for translation and printing in annual bulletin of Brussels observatory. Asks if JH wishes to be named as author.
Maintains that a first class refractor is not needed at Masouri in India [see ES's 1866-9-4]. No special characteristics there justify the great expense of such a project.
On the 'Great Phenomenon' of 13 and 14 Nov. [meteor shower]; JH appears to believe that there is an annular ring of very minute planets circling the sun.
Gratitude for JH's gift to R.A.S. of William Herschel's manuscript series on observations of double stars. Encloses two pages of proofs for JH's approval.
Acknowledges receipt by R.A.S. of papers relating to William Herschel's observations of double stars.