Unable to help him as Richardson's Brisbane Observations have not yet come to hand. Feels the same as JH does regarding the presentation of the true colors of his parents.
Unable to help him as Richardson's Brisbane Observations have not yet come to hand. Feels the same as JH does regarding the presentation of the true colors of his parents.
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Captain Beaufort has offered to get one more letter to CD before the long voyage around the Horn;
SD brings family news up to date.
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Asks about rumor regarding JH going to Cape. Describes some electrical experiments WT saw at Royal Institution and refers to some WT carried out years earlier.
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Has glanced over the papers and made a few corrections. Suggests one point for alteration.
Has received the glasses from Dr. John Dalton with very minute answers. Dalton gave a paper on this subject in 1794 to the Manchester Society. Will bring them to London tomorrow. Dr. Simms is in a critical condition.
Sends her love and family news.
Writes of the pleasure all feel in CD’s continued good health and joy in his voyage.
Tells of the banana tree he bought, which he sits under and thinks of CD "in similar shade".
CD’s financial accounts are correct.
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Asks for seeds and roots of native plants of the Cape. Refers to JH's writings on beating of the heart and comments on some optical experiments of Charles Wheatstone and David Brewster.
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Will write [J.-B.] Biot, but does not know to which enquiries Biot wishes JH to respond. Also wants to thank Biot for his kindness. S.-D. Poisson in a statement before the Académie des sciences has misdescribed JH's planned voyage.
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The observational data from FS regarding Gamma Virginis are so significant that JH begs FS to continue to observe and send JH the results. Comments on a number of other astronomical observational matters.