GP informs JH how gratified Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) was by JH's letter [see JH's 1838-6-19].
GP informs JH how gratified Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) was by JH's letter [see JH's 1838-6-19].
Has read RM's note to the Morning Post correcting error in the report on the dinner [in JH's honor]. Wishes money had not been mentioned in RM's reply. Is grateful for all RM's work in arranging for the dinner.
Arrived in England on 19 May after a nine week voyage. Made suggestions to Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliott] concerning Cape Observatory, including Magnetic Observatory, mural circle repair, and the addition of a theodolite telescope.
Last year he sent the diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Stockholm of which JH had been elected a member. Introduces J. A. Wahlberg, who is coming to the Cape.
WW sends JH some of the results of his magnetic observations. WW comments on the involvement of Carl F. Gauss in the work on terrestrial magnetism and urges JH, on his upcoming visit to Hanover, to make a point of seeing Gauss at Göttingen.