| Description | Manuscript. Regarding corrections to proof sheets of K Pearson's edition of <i>A history of the theory of elasticity and of the strength of materials from Galilei</i>; notes on style; Pearson's ill health and difficulty of editing another's work; next meeting [October 1885] of the Council of the London Mathematical Society, informs Pearson to hold his paper; asks whether to put notes on "Energy and Force" in <i>Nature</i>, vol 22, number 554, 10 Jun 1880, pp. 122-4, in with work on Clifford's <i>Dynamic</i>; on trouble of finishing the additional parts of the posthumous Clifford publication <i>Elements of Dynamic</i>; how to acknowledge Pearson's assistance in new edition; sends Pearson a copy of the <i>Dynamic</i>; attempt to persuade Karl not to resign his membership of the London Mathematical Society in 1891; and further enquires if Pearson will renew membership in 1897. |