Would like to dedicate to JH a book on climatology that AM is preparing.
Would like to dedicate to JH a book on climatology that AM is preparing.
Letter accompanying AM's book on climatology.
JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.
Sends copy of proposed warrant of appointments to Board of Visitors of Royal Observatory. Asks JH to make alterations and forward these to John Wrottesley by [17 June].
Has been very busy; otherwise he would have acknowledged his cheque before. Is glad to hear better news from India. Bad organization for the arming of the British troops in India.
Was pleased to receive his letter of the 28th. Proposes to visit JH on 3 June and will travel via Etchingham. Looks forward to meeting Lady JH and the family.
Leviathan successfully launched. Forwards papers from W. H. Smyth. Congratulates JH on coming 'happy event' [marriage of Margaret Herschel].
Requesting JH's interest in the work of Oscar Capocci.
Encloses, for JH's corrections, proofs of JH's reply to Lord Overstone's questions.
Encloses proof of revision of JH's reply to Lord Overstone's questions. Will print 25 to 50 copies. Does JH's report on Canadian currency to House of Commons contain anything new that commissioners should know about?
Sends barometer readings.
Thanks for the magic square, which he is now returning. Seems no end to the possibilities of such squares.
JH has got hold of the explanation about central forces. Need not worry about Elizabeth Baily; he will see to that. Do not reject any letters; they may be important in the future. Gives one of his own theorems.
Sees by the announcement that he is to be out in April. Is there anything he can do in the way of proof reading? Is preparing answers to 65 queries of S. J. Loyd (1st Baron Overstone) on the decimal coinage.
Sending a little joke on a political theme. Further regarding a query of JH's on a rabbit. Gives a problem on a polygon. Meteorology is peculiar as weather does not appear to be governed by any laws.
Returns his cancel, which he found very amusing. Mrs. De Morgan is now at Hampstead suffering from an incurable complaint. Further comments on the beats of musical consonances and Robert Smith's theories.
Hopes his health is improving. Where can he find the article expressing adjectives in algebraic symbols? Went to the R.A.S. in July and found much as usual. Mrs. De M. now at Hythe with the children. Elizabeth Baily appears to be in excellent health.
Decimal Association will not publish answers to questions by Lord Overstone [S. J. Loyd] until next session. Seeks consent of JH and other members to publish these sooner.
S. J. Loyd's (1st Baron Overstone) queries and the work of the Commission on the Decimal Coinage. Is sure he read the algebraic adjectives in the Memoirs of the Analytical Society. May be related in some way. His wife is slowly recovering. Has JH read about the Devil's Elixir?
Has received a list of witnesses whose answers have been printed for Thomas Spring-Rice (1st Baron Monteagle).