From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.236
Summary:
Apologizes for controversy at meeting with James South over the transit circle.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Apologizes for controversy at meeting with James South over the transit circle.
Discusses WS's comparison of results with transit circle and Astronomical Society catalogue.
Apologizes for incident at meeting; feels partially at fault for encouraging WS to speak on the subject. Advises WS on his microscope order. Stays at Slough because of good observing conditions.
On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.
Astronomical Society will lend instruments, including a Beaufoy Clock and a transit circle, to WS for his observations.