Sends packet from John William Draper containing material for an issue of P.M. Asks JH's advice on publication of articles for Scientific Memoirs.
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Sends packet from John William Draper containing material for an issue of P.M. Asks JH's advice on publication of articles for Scientific Memoirs.
Thanks JH for advice on the issue of P.M. that has just been published.
Asks for advice on a number of scientific papers.
Discusses matter touching P.M. and Scientific Memoirs.
Has 50 copies of JH's paper ['On the Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum on the Daguerreotype Plate'] for P.M. printed exclusively for JH. Asks opinion of papers for next issue of Scientific Memoirs.
Decides not to print G. Reichenbach's papers on JH's advice. Will consider Reichenbach's papers in the future.
Francis Baily contracted with RT to print N. L. Lacaille's catalog of stars and J. J. L. Lalande's Histoire céleste. Account was suspended after Baily's death until B.A.A.S. meeting in York approved its continuation. Requests £300 from JH, chairman of grant committee.
Asks JH's opinion on a paper on magnetism by Karl Reichenbach, which has some 'very extraordinary' statements.