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Pendulum experiments are already approved at principal stations in Russian trigonometrical survey. Recent communication from J. H. Pratt to R.S.L. about pendulum observations.
Agrees with him that J. Müller's drawings do not show the entities around the sunspot clearly. Has nearly completed the apparatus for holding one of JH's sun prisms to his reflector. Hopes to do something with it soon.
Inquires about CD’s health.
Requests climbing plants.
Asks that Oliver be told that he now does not care "how many tendrils he makes axial".
Concerned to hear that JH's health suffered as the result of the visit to JN. Happy that Warren de La Rue and [J.?] Müller are giving their attention to the objects on the sun. Comments on a peculiar sunspot. Appreciates the promise of the new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Thanks for the cuneiform signature.
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Writes to introduce JH's son William James and his new bride to the Lyell's. Both JH and his wife, Margaret, are suffering from illness.
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About observing a grain-shaped spot on the sun; greetings to Friedrich Winnecke.
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JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".
New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.
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Thanking him for his book [probably Passages in the Life of a Philosopher].
Cannot get any Stellaria graminea for CD. It is rare. Some, producing different kinds of flowers, once grew in Sandgate, Kent. Variations in flowers need to be re-examined.
Became interested in astronomy as a result of reading the papers of William Herschel. FW read these at Hanover in the collection of Caroline Herschel. FW is now trying to arrange a visit to JH.
Returned from Gloucestershire. Will visit Collingwood on Monday.