Sending a copy of the first part of his work on Heat.
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Sending a copy of the first part of his work on Heat.
Gratitude for JH's Cape Results sent to Royal Society of Sciences.
Thanks JH for the copies of JH's Cape Results; some are being sent on as directed, as are the other papers forwarded to AA.
Thanks to JH for the copy of JH's Cape Results.
Thanks JH for Cape Results sent through [F. G. W.] Struve. Further grateful for the N. L. Lacaille and Jérôme Lalande works sent to the observatory. Appreciates reduction of the moon results as well as the magnetic observation of 1845. Reveals new development in double star zones[?]. Comments on making magnetic observations.
Will visit JH next week. Describes machine CW will bring to illustrate undulatory theory of light.
Lists seven French and German works [1837-1847] on optical science. Comments on one. Quotes copyright law on reproducing passages from these.
Thanks for JH's candor and observations of W. H. Wollaston. A. L. Wigan revised book [Duality of the Mind (1844)] before death, but revision is still under review. Offensive passages will be removed, and JH's suggestions incorporated.
Delay in printing WK's meteorology paper.
Expresses appreciation for being elected an associate of the R.A.S.
Is William Dawes equatorial telescope available for purchase?
Thanks for his letter concerning L. A. J. Quetelet; trusts he will be able to prepare the article for the Christmas number. Cholera is at Haileybury.
Hopes his paper on L. A. J. Quetelet will be ready for the Easter number. Richard Jones has returned from Switzerland, and dined with Quetelet in Brussels. Has been suffering himself with congestion of the brain and consequently unable to write.
Is much better but has to take care. Francis Jeffrey (Lord Jeffrey) has taken over the editorial duties of the [Edinburgh] Review. Pleased to hear he is working on his paper. Will inquire about the average Englishman. W. H. Sykes and S. D. Poisson have published papers on this subject.
Expects he has received the proofs by now. Is pleased he will review L. A. J. Quetelet's book on probabilities. Returns to Haileybury next month.
Has JH any of his papers he wrote on the micrometrical measures of the double stars as he does not possess the volumes that contain them. Has erected an equatorial for the purpose of measuring the double stars. Gives details.
Regarding the possibility of a new edition of JH's Treatise Astr. originally published in Lardner's Cyclopaedia. Has found it very useful for his students.
B.A.A.S. and Royal Society of Edinburgh have been approached to apply to the government for finance to send an observer and reflector to the Cape Observatory. Does JH think this advisable, with his knowledge of conditions at the Cape?
Pointing out some errors in JH's Outlines Astr.
Thanks for his letter. Was pleased to hear about the corrections. Points out another error in JH's figures in JH's Outlines Astr.