Many thanks for the dates for the memoir of George Peacock. Queries the name of his father. Comments on various church matters.
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Many thanks for the dates for the memoir of George Peacock. Queries the name of his father. Comments on various church matters.
Recalls JH's letter from Cape regarding study of etymology. Encloses HW's own effort to develop this.
Is indisposed so will not be coming to London; leaves it to him and Edward Sabine to send answer to H. P. F. P. Clinton (5th Duke of Newcastle). Would like an up-to-date citation for W. E. Weber as he has been awarded the Royal Medal.
Many thanks for the information. Finds that George Peacock wrote a book entitled the Measurer. Someone has sent him a geometrical question with abominable diagrams.
Sends copy of ES's reply to Richard Owen, who reported Owen's interview with C. E. Trevelyan. Suggests waiting until summer to apply for government funds to support observatories in Peking and Vancouver Island. ES's recent illness.
Sending JH his Essays [Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, 1857] and HS's 'Recent Astronomy and the Nebular Hypothesis,' the latter just published in the Westminster Review. Requests JH's comments on the latter publication.
Has been employed in London studying the way in which Government aid is granted to further popular education. Will be moving on to Glasgow soon to do similar work. Has been offered an L.L.D. if he can obtain a recommendation from someone in this country.
Did not expect to see U. J. J. LeVerrier's prediction of an inferior planet verified so soon. Observations of E. M. Lescarbault meritorious. Is writing to Charles Tennant and W. R. Birt to join in the observations of the planet.
Is grateful for the kind manner in which he answered his letter. Gives news of the College in South Africa. Details of Shaw House, Newbury.
Capt. W. S. Jacob has supplied him with enclosed letter as a basis for the Committee to work on. Would like his opinion on the scheme. Hopes Poonah will be the base for new observations. Size and quality of the Kew solar photographs.
Is working on a volume on the gold standard.
Returns a letter from JH.
Sending parts of his paper on the Lagocyclic curve.
Has shown JH's son's letter to [C. E.] Trevelyan and encloses his reply. Affairs in India may become more dangerous.
Sending his work on optics. Comments on their mutual work in this field.
Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].
Sends a riddle. Has added a stanza. Does not credit the story of [T. C.?] Jansen's children. Comments on Roger Bacon's telescope.
Would like JH's support for his candidature for the R.S.L.
Hopes he is well as he has not heard from him for a long time. Sends his own theories regarding the composition of force.
Will bring down his R.S.L. form to Collingwood. Regarding the phonetics of Hindustani.