From:
John Higgins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1848
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/11)
Summary:
Agrees to pay Mr Mason as requested.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Agrees to pay Mr Mason as requested.
No summary available.
Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results. Offers map of Massachusetts, constructed from RP's triangulation and astronomical observation. Zeal for astronomy is increasing in America. Reports discoveries by W. C. Bond and total solar eclipse of Nov. 1834.
Admiralty Manual must be succinct. WB's specialized notes [on atmospheric waves] are too extensive.
On the origin of the R.A.S.
Extent of WH's manuscript for JH's Admiralty Manual is fine. Please send it as soon as possible.