JH's letter has been forwarded via Charles Wheatstone as his town address was unknown.
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JH's letter has been forwarded via Charles Wheatstone as his town address was unknown.
Sends his observations of y Cygni. Comments on the differences in the readings of various observers. Still unable to observe the double star JH requested, but the weather has been poor.
Thanks for his kind letter. Congratulations on another addition to his family.
Hopes all his family are well. If JH proposes to attend the Trustees meeting of the British Museum on Saturday, will he breakfast with RI and Dr. T. R. Robinson of Armagh?
Suggests JH take trip to Continent to recover. Training a naval officer and the son of John Montague, Colonial Secretary, as observatory assistants. Describes outbreak of war with Caffres in detail.
Sends copies of three letters by G. B. Airy on proposed railway through Greenwich Park. Asks JH's opinion on possible effects on observatory.
Urges a visit to Collingwood by CB. Refers to the development of a cypher.
Accepts dinner invitation.
Encloses a letter of Thomas Maclear. William Mann will be a great loss to the Observatory. Hopes Lady Herschel and new infant are doing well.
Procedure to follow in case of missing bank notes.
JH talks about visits he has made in London, and about plans to return to Collingwood.
Mostly about JH's return from London. [Seems to have been written after JH's 1846-5-8.]
Thanks for WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.
Agrees to WW's request [that JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk' be included in WW's planned volume?]. Regrets missing [C. K. J.] Bunsen's speech. Busy editing N. L. Lacaille's catalogue.