Will he and David Brewster dine with him on Tuesday.
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Will he and David Brewster dine with him on Tuesday.
Sends deciphered code. Explains how CB solved it. [CB note dated 24 Mar. 1846: Technique for deciphering code.]
CB has 'decyphered' JH's puzzle. JH will not try to puzzle CB again.
Would like a reference from him regarding a candidate for a position at the Mint. Would like him and David Brewster to dine with him.
No summary available.
Please let him have David Brewster's address.
Will show his friends round the Mint.
Regarding his plans for lighthouses. Had a visit from L. F. Menabrea in his absence. Who manufactures the specified telescopes?
Further regarding lighthouses.
Can he lend him the Cambridge Calendar or tell him the examiners in the mathematical tripos.
Does not wish to become a Vice-Patron of the College of Preceptors.
Encloses seeds gathered from Heracleum sphondylium. Brief discussion of William Jackson Hooker’s trip to the Alps region, including failed attempt to climb Mont Blanc.
Invitation to attend the wedding ceremony at St. James' Piccadilly [for the wedding of Caroline E. M. Herschel and Col. Alexander H. Gordon]
Number of half-crowns minted in the years 1832-53.
Send the names and addresses of any friends who may wish to see the Mint. Thanks for pamphlet on income tax.
Hopes CB will dine with JH at Hawkhurst next week as JH hears CB will be in the neighborhood.
Saw in the Times that JH is working on universal alphabet. Sends Wolfgang Kempelen's book (1791) on mechanism of speech. Speculates on machine that could produce phonetic sounds for universal language.
No summary available.
Sends JH a copy of a recent issue of the Athenaeum in which falsehoods, copied from a Richard Sheepshanks pamphlet, have been printed. CB wants JH to respond to, and correct, these falsehoods quickly.
Refuses to become a partisan in this conflict [see CB's 1854-12-13]. JH would only become involved if he felt he could be a peacemaker.