Feb 20 1817 ^<1>

Two moveable points M & O, of which one describes the arc M.N, & the other the arc OP in the same time, have an equal or the same angular motion, tho’ the real motion of the point O be much [grea]ter ^<2> than that of the point M. as the arc O. P is greater than the M N [illustration]

Will you have any Erica seeds to sow in the greenhouse at Sir Gilbert’s ^<3>

Explain within

London Feb^y twenty 1817 Auckland ^<4>
H^y Fox Talbot Esq^r
Normanton
Stamford –

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Notes:

1. Written in another hand.

2. Text obscured under seal.

3. Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4^th Baronet (1773–1851), of Normanton.

4. George Eden, 1^st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), Governor General of India.