Going to live at Nantes for awhile; asks JH's help with Customs.
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Going to live at Nantes for awhile; asks JH's help with Customs.
Commenting on the praise that she received upon the awarding of her Astronomical Society Medal, she notes that 'whoever says too much of me says too little of your father!' Soon will send to JH 'every scrap of paper' that has assisted CH while writing her memoirs.
Mr. Stocken[?] has discovered a comet; have been unable to observe it due to poor weather.
Regarding an anonymous letter concerning her son (Charles Babbage), which has appeared in The Record.
Unable to send the cutting from The Record yet. Will try to obtain it from her daughter. Views of friends on the attack.
Is sending the cutting.
Thanking him for refuting the attack on Charles Babbage.
Further invitation to visit him at Tytherley. Will be using a new telescope. William Wallace's paper for the Monthly Notices.
Sudden demolition of Board of Longitude. TY is left as superintendent [of Nautical Almanac]. Notes quality of J. F. Encke's almanac for 1830. Should English compete with German astronomers, or discontinue almanac supplements? TY's paper on 'Astronomical Chronology' in W. T. Brande's [Quarterly Journal of Science and Art] illustrates JH's equatorial time.
Will not hold JH responsible for accuracy of William Richardson's computations. No instructions yet from Admiralty about Nautical Almanac, which goes to press soon. TY will insert JH's equinoctial time. Notes two works by A. F. C. Kollman on harmony and [Beck] on 'thorough-bass.'
Regarding a suitable book on the Isle of Wight. Regarding Dionysius Lardner and his projected Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Urges JH not to reject idea until he has made further inquiries. Affairs of the Board of Longitude.
Regarding the projected Cabinet Cyclopaedia and its authors. State of Ireland in 1828. Feels hard against the Saxons.
Expressing thanks for his third paper on Observations made with a 20-foot telescope.