Could he let him have the address of his son James as his mother died this morning.
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Could he let him have the address of his son James as his mother died this morning.
Thanks for the double star catalogue of JH and James South; comments on observing Encke's and Biela's comets.
Sends the last volume of his Mécanique céleste for the R.S.L. Comments on his various activities. Is grateful for the memoirs JH sent.
Is sending journals for JH and others listed. Observations on telescopes and star readings.
Concerning Lieut. C. L. Largeteau's recent observations.
Appreciates JH's interest in and encouragement of CW's experiments. Describes new experiments to elucidate theory of undulatory motion of sound and light. Invented 'kaleidophone' to display paths of vibrating rods. Hopes JH can confirm these results.
Comments on various errors detected in the catalogue of double stars published by JH and JS. Scientific affairs in Paris in relation to Alexander von Humboldt, François Arago, P. S. Laplace, and others. Various cometary and stellar observations of JS.
Reports observing with J. N. Nicollet two comets. Observations of Encke's comet. Gives position of nebula to be observed by JH.