Is grateful for his letter and photographs. Will send him his paper on glaciers, which he is pleased to see interests him. Thomas Brisbane must be in error about the refusal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to print his magnetic observations.
Is grateful for his letter and photographs. Will send him his paper on glaciers, which he is pleased to see interests him. Thomas Brisbane must be in error about the refusal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to print his magnetic observations.
Has now heard that the explosion at Dover is to take place on Thursday. Hopes to see JH there. If not, will call on him at Hawkhurst.
Obliged for memoir with illustrations on most interesting point [unspecified] to occur in many years.
Sends letter of [Johann] Lamont, whose suggestions have been adopted by the Physical Committee. Discusses size of instruments, particularly needles.
Requests that Charles Lyell be permitted to borrow the coral reef specimens he presented to the British Museum.
Would like JH to peruse HM's work and publicize its considerable use to Robert Graham.
Discusses plans for printing of 4 maps of terrestrial isotherms prepared by [H. W.] Dove along with Dove's commentary.
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Thanks JH for poem [F. Schiller's 'The Walk']. Sends greetings to Lady Herschel.
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Reports his observations on the explosion at Dover of 19,000 pounds of gunpowder.
[Written on CD’s annotated copy of a pamphlet reprint of CM’s review of Coral reefs.] CD asks CM to return the pamphlet to him.
George Suttor’s paper not worthy of publication in the Journal of the society. It contains no new facts worth insertion.
Agrees to provide Josiah Quincy with extracts from letters by James Grahame. Highlights of Grahame's life.
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