Matters relating to his calculating machine.
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Matters relating to his calculating machine.
Thanking him for poetry. Would like some more, written on a different subject and under better conditions.
Fears JH misunderstood TY's remark about the injustice of James South's accusation regarding Nautical Almanac. TY was not trying to provoke South's hostility. Sends 'Schumacher's No. 10' for JH's perusal.
Asks JH to check accuracy of Nautical Almanac entry for Jupiter's satellites III and IV on 20 Aug. 1819. Thanks for JH's note, but tell James South 'he is bound to give his reasons....'
Please forward enclosed papers.
Discusses JS's efforts to reform the Nautical Almanac, including JS's Practical Observations on the Nautical Almanac. States that in this 'awful crisis' JS has no hostile feelings toward its superintendent, Thomas Young.
Comments on the need to travel, and on the boredom of the meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; family news.