Asks JH to sign enclosed certificate over [Charles] Darwin's signature. JS will take it to B.A.A.S. meeting in Dundee next week.
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Asks JH to sign enclosed certificate over [Charles] Darwin's signature. JS will take it to B.A.A.S. meeting in Dundee next week.
A note to thank JH for sending some Latin verses of his own.
In one of JH's letters he mentions a name of a forger; was it G. B. Libri? It would not be easy to detect a forgery.
Further points on the Michel Chasles forgeries.
Wants to send JH and [John] Stewart memoirs of her father, [Josiah] Quincy. Praises JH's Iliad translation) and his Cape Results. Introduces her nephew, General [?] Quincy.
Her husband is well again and her own health is much improved. Would be interested to know which photographs he likes best and why.
Thanking him for his paper on Indian Standards and systems of measurement.
Regarding the theory of magnetic currents.
Expresses GA's contempt for those who legislate for others without knowing what they are doing; GA is talking about the Indian legislation [see JH's 1867-9-12].
T. A. Hirst is trying to get Michel Chasles to give up his authority.
Asks JH to sign memorial for [John?] Stevelly. Discusses excited reaction to [Michel] Chasles claims regarding Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton.
Has heard that he has been suffering from the cramp and suggests a few remedies that he himself has found beneficial.
Sends JH poems for possible publication in a selection edited by Charles Daubeny; asks JH to identify the one which he wants in the volume.