[Writing anonymously], asks a question about the public understanding of the Gregorian calendar.
[Writing anonymously], asks a question about the public understanding of the Gregorian calendar.
Thanks JS for fossil cirripedes. Discusses the specimens. Sends thanks to J. G. Forchhammer for specimens.
Discusses mollusc specimens and related notes sent to AH. Thanks him for cirripede specimens. Discusses various cirripede species.
Explaining his own idea of probability. [This appears to be the original, which was never sent as Lord Jeffrey died 1850-1-25.]
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Thanks him for cirripede specimens. Discusses RF’s collection.
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Thanks for citing (18 months ago) John Brinkley's paper on 'General Term.' Heard that Augustus De Morgan notified JH of deductions HW drew from Brinkley's theorems, extending them into permutations and combinations. Re-read JH's ['On the Development of Exponential Functions' (1816)]. Asks where to buy JH's Examples in Finite Differences [1820] for HW's great-nephew [Howard Elphinstone].
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Reports death of Francis Jeffrey. JH's letter to Jeffrey arrived too late. Mrs. Jeffrey will return to [Haileybury?] with WE.
Asks questions relevant to a series of books presenting science for juveniles.
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Thanks for sending Examples in Finite Differences [1820] to WH's great-nephew Howard Elphinstone. John Brinkley's paper opened up new possibilities for permutations and combinations.
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Mentions illness.
Describes work on fossil cirripedes. Asks to keep specimens somewhat longer.
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