[Form letter] Invitation to attend annual awards ceremony at College for Civil Engineers.
[Form letter] Invitation to attend annual awards ceremony at College for Civil Engineers.
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Comments on JL's improvements to planetary theory.
Encloses quasi-hybrid Laburnum.
Suggests a new view of symmetry of flowers.
Will discuss coal and species sketch at Oxford [BAAS meeting (1847)].
Comments on correspondence between CL and Whewell [concerning university reform].
Criticises S. G. Morton’s "Hybridity in animals" [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 3 (1847): 39–50, 203–12].
JH's servant died in accident yesterday. Encloses papers addressed to AP but intended for [Count Jarnac?]. Suggests how to obtain help from [H. J. Temple] Lord Palmerston without appearing to violate rules. [G. H. Gordon] Lord Aberdeen shows no interest. Purpose of JH's 'memorial' to Lord John Russell was to obtain pension for Thomas Maclear.
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Asks JH to compare the stars in Thomas Henderson's reductions to those in N. L. Lacaille's Coelum australe stelliferum.
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Sorry he did not see JH in London. Hopes JH will support John Lefevre for a position at the University.
Encloses proof of Dedication to be inserted in presentation copies [of JH's Cape Results]. Book will be ready soon. Forwarding copies would result in great expense and half would be lost. Let recipients be notified and send for their copies. Sends three lists of individuals and institutions to be so favored. Expects unavoidable omissions.
Regarding the physical features of the moon.
JH's opinions regarding agreement between R.S.L. and Hudson Bay Company for survey of northern Canada. Transportation expenses should be paid by Company, officer's salary by Ordnance department, but R.S.L. may choose to bear costs in order to avoid dishonoring science. Reviews magnetic data obtained by survey.
Requests permission to include JH on list of '[Five?]' presidents of hospital.
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Reports on the changes to be made to the British Museum heating system to improve heating and ventilation in the manuscripts department.
Received JH's lists of suggested recipients [of presentation copies of JH's Cape Results]. Wishes to discuss them with JH.
How to evade attending the Queen's ball. Thanks for information on the moon.
Gives further details on peculiar Laburnum.
Can JDH lend him a full treatise on grafting?