Strongly supports W. E. Weber as the best candidate for the receipt of the Rumford Medal [see CW's 1849-11-10].
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Strongly supports W. E. Weber as the best candidate for the receipt of the Rumford Medal [see CW's 1849-11-10].
Thanks RH for a copy of RH's Poetry of Science, and comments on an experiment in growing seeds under glass and in darkness.
Supports proposed course of action to procure for [Francis] Ronalds half of the grant and recognition given to [Charles] Brooke alone for similar photographic invention.
Thanks for medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Will miss R.A.S. meeting; asks WS to take chair. William Lassell announces discovery of Hyperion; believes he may have also observed an eighth satellite of Saturn.
Thanks GA for his letter [see GA's 1848-11-27] and brings the whole episode to a close.
Gives suggestions for Edinburgh Board of Visitors. Gives no specific names, but says it should include theoretical and practical astronomers, geographers, and meteorologists.
Comments unfavorably on Admiralty's attitude to matters concerning magnetic observations.
About a number of new associate members of the R.A.S.
Asks for reference to date of discovery of the moon's variation by Aboul Wefa.
Arrangements about meetings and signing of the R.A.S. testimonials.
Regarding the letter on the planet Neptune, which JH submitted to the Athenaeum [see Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1176], JH requests suppression of the final paragraph 'referring to certain peculiar ideas of Professor [Benjamin] Peirce.'
Reports that JH will discuss the discovery of Neptune in his forthcoming Outlines Astr. Mentions Benjamin Peirce's calculations regarding Neptune.
Reports witnessing a lunar rainbow, including a secondary rainbow.
Provides a rule for dividing vanishing lines in perspective drawing. [Written by 'Geometer', i.e., JH.]
Comments on a philosophical paper by [Robert Leslie] Ellis, sent him by WW. Discusses his own and Ellis's views on physical causality.