Comments on efforts toward getting a royal charter for the Astronomical Society, a paper by Peter Barlow, and activities of the R.S.L. Correspondence with Wilhelm Struve. Difficulties in getting his new telescope constructed.
Comments on efforts toward getting a royal charter for the Astronomical Society, a paper by Peter Barlow, and activities of the R.S.L. Correspondence with Wilhelm Struve. Difficulties in getting his new telescope constructed.
Has received JH's communication. Asks that JH not write JS unless he can write in a 'different manner.'
Regrets the tensions that arose between JH and JS. Congratulates JH on his knighthood. Laments the costs and difficulties involved in the construction of JS's new observatory.
Has heard that JH is publishing an attack on JS's double star observations made in France. Is this correct?
Has visited Caroline Herschel, who is well. Discusses whether JH will make magnetic observations at the Cape of Good Hope.
Does the person wishing to purchase JS's lens have a worthy objective in mind [see 1833-7-4]?
Will bring a transit instrument to Slough so that JH and JS can determine its longitude. Proposes joint observations of the satellites of Saturn. Has been observing 61 Cygni.
Regrets having missed JH. Has observed the seven satellites of Saturn and the fifth star of the Trapezium. Wishes to observe some of the objects observed by Wilhelm Struve.
Has been ill. Should we publish our observations of 340 double stars or extend the number to 400?
Reports unfavorably on the telescope of A. Rogers. Information regarding Charles Babbage and his engines. Controversy concerning the Nautical Almanac.