TALBOT3425

65 Harley S^{t 1}
Thursday Ev^g

Dear Sir

My reason for declining M^r Murphy’s paper² was that I intended laying before the society shortly a paper on the same subject,³ & therefore I thought myself not in a position to comment upon M^r M’s researches.

Otherwise I should have been happy to lend the Council any assistance in my power –

Do M^r M’s investigations lead him to the same result as I arrive at, the reduction of the 6^th degree to the 5^th?

I hope you received a note⁴ from me on the subject the other day; I forgot to ask you when I saw you today whether you approved of employing the assistance of practised calculators, to enable this question to be satisfactorily elucidated, which 1 or 2 well calculated examples would sufficiently accomplish –

Yours very Truly,
H. F. Talbot