Has been very busy; otherwise he would have acknowledged his cheque before. Is glad to hear better news from India. Bad organization for the arming of the British troops in India.
Has been very busy; otherwise he would have acknowledged his cheque before. Is glad to hear better news from India. Bad organization for the arming of the British troops in India.
Decimal Association will not publish answers to questions by Lord Overstone [S. J. Loyd] until next session. Seeks consent of JH and other members to publish these sooner.
Regarding errors in Francis Baily's tables.
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On classification and possibilities of a scientific morphology and zoology. CD’s "pedigree business" is important for physiology but has nothing to do with pure zoology any more than human pedigree has to do with the census. Zoological classification is a census of the animal world.
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Regarding orbits of comets. Lunar elements JH requires are given in P. A. Hansen's tables.
Thinks naturalists look for something further than Cuvier’s view of classification. Poses a theoretical problem on the classification of the races of man to prove that a genealogical system is best.
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Asks JB to obtain information about pigeons.
Inquires where his article has been published ["On the discovery of Cnicus tuberosus at Avebury, Wilts.", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 20 (1857): 337–9].
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Asks JH to look over JS's paper on correcting tables for barometric readings.
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Has been unable to find the copy of the marriage settlement [for Margaret Louisa Herschel?].
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Regarding the possibility of decimal coinage. Washes his hands of adjectives expressed in algebraic form. Has received good news from India.
Discusses JS's paper on barometric table corrections in relation to mercury readings.