Unidad documental simple 36 - James David Forbes to William Whewell

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Edinburgh - Further to WW's letter JDF will visit Cambridge in mid-May. JDF is really pleased to hear that the second part of WW's work [The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon their History, 2 vols.,1840] is well in progress. 'The article in the Edinburgh is considered so purely personal that it is seldom mentioned but as such and with the authors name' [David Brewster's review of WW's 'History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times', Edinburgh Review, 1837]. JDF has been working hard reducing the results of his long thermometers, which will hopefully be complete for the next BAAS meeting in August. He read WW's address to the Geological Society with great interest ['Address Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 16 Feb. 1838']. He is 'a little sceptical as to the efficiency of Herschel and Babbage's new mechanical agent'.