JG is worried about the health of his daughter.
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JG is worried about the health of his daughter.
Did not pass near JH's place when he came home; otherwise he would have returned JH's mirror. Returns next Monday and will be pleased to call if JH can offer him a bed. The storm did no great damage here, but at Chislehurst it turned a house inside out.
Informs JH that JI had been warned off, by Stephen Lee, from writing about the figure of the earth because that was JH's territory.
Sends Knowles's paper for his comments. The Board of Longitude has now been officially dissolved. Hopes the R.S.L. will not take on its work unless well paid by the government. Answers to JH's queries regarding the Nautical Almanac and other works of the Board of Longitude. Present time not good for state recognition of science.
Is engaged in preparing a new popular cyclopaedia, and would be pleased if JH would contribute an article on Light.
Sees no objection to JH publishing a larger work on Light later if desired. Gives the names of some of the contributors to the Cyclopaedia.
When he last saw James Ivory at the British Museum, no mention was made of JH's name. Thinks the remarks of Ivory are caused by mental disease.
Is sending the letter with the British ambassador [Augustus Foster] to the Court of Turin; Foster is much interested in science and in meeting JH. GP will be sending additional work that GP has done, and indicates further plans.
Wants to meet with JH, and needs more money to continue work on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.
Asks JH to report how James South's telescope performs. There was a defect in the settings of the telescope. Hopes JH's method of eliminating chromatic aberration improves the microscope.
Requests permission to translate JH's work on light into German.
Agrees to contribute to W. S. Stratford memorial presentation. Agrees with JH that Jupiter satellite observation was an optical illusion; sends sketches of more Jupiter observations. Sends data obtained with new instruments.
Microscopes installed successfully. Describes observation of second satellite of Jupiter transiting the disk of the planet and how it seemed to linger at the planet's edge.
Hopes to meet with Charles Babbage in Vienna. Inquires if JH received a set of books from University of Padua for the Astronomical Society. Praises JH's double star work; uses it for own observations.
Giving news of the intentions of her son (Charles Babbage) and his experiences on his travels.
Regarding the printing for the Astronomical Society. Errors in FB's astronomical tables.
Thanks for the two communications. J. F. Encke's work on the Ephemeris. Francis Beaufort's remarks concerning Richard Taylor the printer. Hoping for fine weather for observations.
Regarding Richard Taylor the printer and the printing of the papers of the R.A.S.
Mr. Knowles has left college and taken the plates of quartz that illustrated the experiment so well. Sends further explanations of the experiment he previously mentioned to JH.
Encloses letter from Edward Ryan. NW departed Bengal on 10 Mar. and brought home [8,000+ plant specimens] for H.E.I.C.