Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel By the President's desire, he forwards a copy of a letter from [George Biddell] Airy and his answer, in case Herschel wishes to correspond with him or to summon the Physical Committee. The Council at which the committee's resolutions were adopted was thinly attended and nothing further was desired other that the resolutions. Nothing can be settled definitively before a letter is received from Lord Melbourne, but they should waste no time in proceeding to consider what may be best, so as to be prepared with a plan. 2 July 1840