Confirms receipt of journals sent to JH by LQ. Calculations of probabilities for shots to hit targets.
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Confirms receipt of journals sent to JH by LQ. Calculations of probabilities for shots to hit targets.
Has received packet mentioned in 1865-8-14. Lists works received. Gives lengthy explanation of the error made in the target example. Asks AQ to append a note, stating that JH is aware of the fallacious answer.
Was in Paris when JH's letter arrived. Will print JH's article. Asks if there are changes to be made. Discusses future project Physique sociale, which will include theory of probability applied to ethics and political science.
Has received works on meteors. Has been working for years with [H. A.] Newton on getting help from observatories in southern hemisphere on meteors. Resumes work on Physique sociale.
Apologizes if AQ has missed answering one of JH's letters. Talks about meteorology of Belgium worked on over 30 years. Wants JH's photo for his work on statistics. Congratulates JH on his son's good work. Has received work from Collingwood and would love to know author.
Expresses good wishes for JH. Talks about aging. Notes JH's interest in poetry. Thanks for 'Of the Estimation of Skill in Targetshooting.' Has given it to [Edouard] Mailley for translation and printing in annual bulletin of Brussels observatory. Asks if JH wishes to be named as author.
Ashamed not to have written sooner. Has received AQ's meteorology of Belgium. Wishes success with his work on social physics. Enjoyed AQ's Histoire des sciences mathématique et physique chez les belges. Disgusted that the French insist Isaac Newton stole his ideas on the system of gravitation from Blaise Pascal. Hopes to send AQ his 'synopsis of all micrometrical measures' made by William Herschel on double stars. Sends Latin version of Friedrich Schiller's 'Spaziergang.'
Apologizes for not writing sooner. Busy with trip to Italy. Announces intention to dedicate entire next year to his Physique sociale. Thanks JH for his comments on AQ's son's work on temperature. Also grateful for commendation on AQ's history of science. Brings up AQ's son's work on proper motion.
Discusses coming year. Asks JH how to deal with JH's review [of AQ's Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités]. Talks about his friend [Michel] Chasles. Also about AQ's son. Mentions JH's translation of [J. C. F. von] Schiller's 'Spaziergang.'
Has worked much on revision of his Physique sociale. Asks for JH's changes to JH's review in Edinburgh Review. Puts translation at JH's disposal.
Offers translation of JH's review [of AQ's Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités] to look over. Has been updating his own text to reflect progress.
Flattered that AQ wants JH's remarks to preface AQ's new work. No need to send French translation of JH's work. Asks AQ to omit certain passages.
Apologizes for not writing. Has devoted all his time to Physique sociale. Has just finished last page.
Sends first pages of JH's work on theory of probability. Asks for modifications.
Sends back excellent translation of his review with minor corrections. Mentions 'fine display of meteors with long trains' on 10 August. Gives news of his son Lieutenant John Herschel's observations. Acknowledges works received.
Thanks for comments on AQ's Sur l'homme moyen. Translator of JH's work is too timid to allow himself to be known, but appreciates JH's compliments. Says practical statistics has progressed whereas philosophical statistics remains stationary.
Thanks for proofed pages. Received Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn. Finished determining by electric means the different observational longitudes of Leiden and Brussels.
Announces first volume of Physique sociale will appear soon. Discusses humans and law of nature. Says science is neglected in France.
Was going to write in French, but switched languages. Honored by AQ's insertion of JH's review of AQ's Physique sociale as introduction. Has been very ill and has no strength for attention to anything beyond bodily sufferings. Lists works received.
Obtained and sent JH 2 copies of Physique sociale. Thanks JH for observations but they are too scientific for his lectures.