From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Jun 1835
Source of text:
MSB1 / 246, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
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Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Captain John Stevens was at the Observatory yesterday and wishes to superintend the tidal observations himself. TM intends to make the observations personally, or with the assistance of T. W. Bowler. The lunar eclipse was uninteresting. Has had copies of G. B. Airy's papers; they are excellent.
Responds to HP's generous offer [see HP's 1835-1-21] by saying JH does not need the money, and then suggests that HP might want to use it to support the publication of JH's results from his stay at the Cape.