| Description | Discussion regarding experiments regarding the ‘correction to the thermometers for reduction of pressure’. Refers to a paper by [George Gabriel] Stokes in the Transaction of the Cambridge [Philosophical] Society. Discussion regarding pendulum readings, experiments and refers to the Bombay [Mumbai], Madras [Chennai] and Calcutta mints. Expresses intentions to ‘finish at Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari] by April 1869’, as well taking observation at Mussoorie to determine the coefficient for temperature and pressure. |