Still has not heard from JH. Has put much effort into horary observations of solstices and equinoxes. Sends JH articles by AQ on temperatures of earth. Will send magnetic observations.
Still has not heard from JH. Has put much effort into horary observations of solstices and equinoxes. Sends JH articles by AQ on temperatures of earth. Will send magnetic observations.
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Has been very busy observing so has had little time to spare for writing letters. Remarks on the recent star catalogues which he has received. Would FB bring Capt. J. A. Lloyd's case to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex). Sun spots. Meteors in N. America and those at the Cape.
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CD seeks to decline the Secretaryship [of the Geological Society] by citing his obligation to FitzRoy to write his volume of the narrative of their expedition. His youth, inexperience, and ignorance of English geology.
Finished going over his geological specimens at Cambridge, and is now in London.
Describes his plans for writing the journal, and later the geology and zoology of the Beagle voyage.
Would have had great pleasure in accepting CB’s invitation, "whether for beauty or for shells", but has another engagement.
Appointment of John Fry as pastor at Wynberg and Rondebosch. JW prefers external authority over selection by congregation. Prefers to retain Edward Judge as pastor. Unable to attend tomorrow's meeting.
Earlier sent JH some pencils, etc., and copies of the first two numbers of the 'Terror of the Northern Hemisphere.' Now sends third number.
“The Botanists” and “The learned Linguists” give thanks for book and assistance.
Acknowledges receipt of JH's letter of last August. Sends a copy of the American Almanac containing a catalogue of all the solar eclipses made by himself. Had a magnificent display of red aurora on 25 Jan.
Sending papers connected with the recent ruling in the Supreme Court, which affected JF, and may show him in an unfavorable light to JH.
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Exhausted from his meteorological observations, JH will not keep his appointment for tomorrow with TM.