Platinum pound-weight standard is deteriorating. Wants Treasury to bring it and the yard standard under observation of surviving committee members.
Platinum pound-weight standard is deteriorating. Wants Treasury to bring it and the yard standard under observation of surviving committee members.
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Replies to JH about the date of the transit of Mercury [see JH's 1864-1-[26]].
Family affairs.
Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.
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Asks JH for information on the Beaufoy Clock owned by R.A.S., which is now missing. Requests JH to read R.A.S. Annual Report.
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JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
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Comments on the sun spots he has been observing, and some new phenomenon. Any chance of a visit from JH?
Treasury Commissioners ask that surviving members of 1853 Standards Committee reexamine Parliamentary standards of length and measure preserved at office of Exchequer.
CD’s illness.
The difficulty of getting John Scott to publish his work. Has sent Scott’s paper [on Primulaceae] to Linnean Society. CD is sure it is valuable.