A letter accompanying a proof copy of the Report on Standards, asking JH to read it carefully and annotate as completely as necessary.
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A letter accompanying a proof copy of the Report on Standards, asking JH to read it carefully and annotate as completely as necessary.
GA and JH are on a committee (with Thomas Henderson) of the B.A.A.S. to supervise the reduction of N. L. Lacaille's star observations; JH encloses a draft report.
Regarding JH's examination of the observations of equinoxes and solstices; GA assures him that these occurrences are observed by Cambridge and Greenwich, though JH does not mention it. Hopes he has received the report of the last 'Standards' meeting.
Returning photographs. Hopes Lady Herschel is well. Remarks on Admiralty printing Planetary reductions.
Has sent JH's report on N. L. Lacaille's star computations to William Whewell.
Comments on the reduction of observations, on enclosed photographs, and the health of Margaret Brodie Herschel.