Sending photographs of moon's surface.
Sending photographs of moon's surface.
Replies to opinions of astronomers [regarding moon's influence on weather]. Still waiting to hear from JH's son Alexander whether microscopists have searched for foraminifera in meteorites.
Poses question of sun's differential gravitational attraction on opposite sides of earth, inspired by JH's article ['Sun,' 1863] in Good Words.
Calls CD’s attention to an article by Paul Janet.
Asks CD’s opinion on the accuracy of stating that barley and wheat are different varieties of the same species.
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Note accompanying report on paper by G. B. Airy.
Glad correspondent’s paper went well.
Poor health and much work forces CD to be brief.
G. B. Airy's paper has been received at R.S.L.
CD thinks JS’s Primula paper is fit for publication; he will send it on to the Linnean Society.
CD very ill.
Suspects F. Boott’s widow is illegitimate granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin.
CD, like JDH, has speculated that agrarian weeds have become adapted to cultivated ground. Suggests comparison with country of origin.
Wallace’s praise of Herbert Spencer’s Social statics baffles CD.
[Letter completed by E. A. Darwin.]
JL’s article on Huxley’s "Lectures [to working men]".
Planning a volume of essays [Prehistoric times (1865)].
At request of William Crookes, JS [editor of new Quarterly Journal of Science] invites JH to submit original article on sunspots. Promises liberal honorarium . See article on sunspots by C. A. F. Peters in Zeitschrift für populäre Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Astronomie und verwandter Wissenchaften.
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
No summary available.
Encloses copy of C. A. F. Peters's article in Zeitschrift für populäre Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Astronomie und verwandter Wissenchaften. Please submit JH's article on sunspots by February. Audience of Quarterly Journal of Science are 'intelligent students of other branches and intelligent laymen.'
RC's book [Observations of the Spots on the Sun] is done. First copy, exhibited at R.A.S. last week, was well reported in R.A.S.M.N. Will send copy to JH.
Thanks JH for solar observations. Discusses 'willow leaves' observations made at Greenwich Observatory after following JH's suggestions for solar eyepiece.
Argues against JH's position that weather forecasts cannot be made for more than 48 hours in advance.
Asks CD to sign certificate nominating Flower for Royal Society.