Would like to know when he can call on the Herschels.
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Would like to know when he can call on the Herschels.
Terrible voyage across Channel. George Peacock and Richard Jones accompanied JH and Charles Babbage for part of journey.
No letters from Slough. Terrible weather. Unable to explore Alps. Purchased carriage for remainder of tour. Describes journey from Paris through Jura Mountains to Geneva. Met J. A. Deleu family, M. A. Pictet, Alexandre Marcet, [Gilbert Elliot] Lord Minto, and Italian expatriates from Neapolitan revolution. Proposes itinerary through Alps, weather permitting.
Journey of JH and Charles Babbage from Geneva via Mont Cenis to Turin, where effects of revolution are still evident. Describes Milan. Oppressive heat and torrential rain. Plan to return via Monte Rosa or 'Mont' St. Gotthard. Language problems.
Expects to be home in one week. May be delayed at Calais by astronomers' trigonometrical operations. JH's and Charles Babbage's excursion from Berne to foot of Alps. Visited [P. E.] Fellenberg at Hofwyl.
Leaving for Calais tomorrow. Unable to see Mr. Beckwith. Hopes [Susan] White arrived safely in Slough. Encloses Astronomical Society's notice of F. W. Bessel's determination of declinations of fixed stars.
JH and James Grahame visited [Jan van den] Bosch's agricultural colony in Frederick's-Oort for 2,400 urban itinerants. Leave tonight for Haarlem, Hague, and Rotterdam.
Asks WH to contribute to a fund to place a bust of Edward Troughton in Greenwich Observatory. Introduces himself to WH.