Capitolo 68
Problem of sound. I started in winter a Latin Composition as competing
for the Prize of the Middle Bachelors, but it didn't proceed with him. ME
later it desired me to have followed him on: but my time was fully
busy.
"In January. 28, 1825 that I have started for Edensor, where I paid a visit, and
returned on Feb. 2. On Feb. 4 that I have written to Mr Clarkson, while asking his
I recommend on a profession or way of the life (now the cares of the life were
starting to heavily press me, and it kept on doing so for a lot
years). He very kindly responded, but its answer amounted to nothing.
Around the same duration I had some conversation of the same kind with Mr
Peacock that was equally unfruitful.
"On Feb. 4 I have investigations of the density of light near a
caustic (on the theory of issues). On Feb. 5 I ended a Paper
on the defect in my eye that was communicated in the Cambridge
Philosophical society on Feb. 21. Peacock of Mr or Mr Whewell had of it
first calculations applied to me to write a Paper on Trigonometry for the
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, and I was picking up some materials
(especially in respect to his/her history) to every visit in London, where
I sometimes read to the British Museum: also in the Cambridge
libraries. I started this Paper (roughly) on Feb. 8, and it ended him/it
on you Damage. 3. The history of which I speak, from of the odd management of
the Editors of the Encyclopaedia, were published never. The Mrs. now it is
among the MSS. of the Real observatory, Greenwich. Other subjects
on my quires it is: Theory of the musical harmonies, a lot of things related to
the trigonometry and trigonometric tables, achromatic eye-pieces,
equation to the surface that limits the rays that digitano my left eye,
you experiment on percussion. Also notes on Cumberland and Wales (I had
it already proposed to me to take a party of pupils in the Long one
You vacation to Keswick), and notes on history and the geology.
"I had been in correspondence with the Dr Malkin (his/her master of Buries School),
who on Feb. 8 sent a certificate for my brother William that me