From:
Thomas Frederick Colby
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
17 June 1830
Source of text:
MM/1/16, Royal Society
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Contributor:
Royal Society
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On behalf of [J. F.] Encke, asks that Greenwich observations be given to library of Berlin Observatory.
Sending a letter he has received, and would like JH's opinion on it [probably about his telescope; see P. Barlow's 1830-3-14].
Suggests Peter Barlow should test his telescope by carrying out a series of observations.
Regarding authors for the Bridgewater Treatises. Would he write on astronomy? Would like his opinion on a paper by John Herapath on optics.
Declines to write the Bridgewater Treatise on astronomy; also declines to comment on a paper due to lack of time and difficulty with the author.