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From:
John Barrow
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 January 1830
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I106
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Faraday Project
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Giving observations on stars. Discussion of clock rates and sky sweeps.
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Had an enjoyable week at "Darwin Hotel" during Hunt Week, with two balls, etc., but missed CD.
Sir Thomas Frankland would send any letters of her husband's [Sir James Edward Smith] if he had them; he has been nervously ill for ten years and almost lost the use of his limbs. Glad the Linnean Society took on his plan [fund for purchase of Smith's collections by Linnean Society], subscribed £100 himself, and Lloyd £500. Believes he has lost or mislaid some of Smith's letters but did not destroy any, will collect them when next in Bury. Brief account of visit from General [Thomas] Hardwicke. Frequently sees [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert. Family deaths: his second son died suddenly last August, and his sister Mrs Palmer died a few weeks afterwards at ninety-one years old. Eldest son has a sixteen years old daughter [Susannah Arethusa Cullum], his deceased son no children.