Regarding errors and discrepancies in the tables of F. W. Bessel. Difficulty of dispatching books to foreign members.
Regarding errors and discrepancies in the tables of F. W. Bessel. Difficulty of dispatching books to foreign members.
Is sending him the second edition of his book on magnetic attractions. Comments on the views put forth in this work.
Returning the five volumes of the Berlin yearbook with thanks. Regarding the observations of P. F. A. Méchain at Slough in 1787.
If either of the designs please him, he will be pleased to advise; otherwise explain in detail what he requires.
Bearer must show the inscription which must be corrected by JH. Regarding a price for the work.
Sends some calculations relating to the construction of lenses.
Society awarded JP silver medal. JH willing to accept on JP's behalf and forward it.
Asks JH to befriend nephew Henry White, scholar and missionary at Cambridge. Asks about Mary Baldwin. When will JH visit again? [JH annotation: Asked William Whewell to call on Henry White.]
Per JH's request, DW wrote to Alfred Chalon inquiring about miniature portraits. Quotes prices. Lists names of satisfied patrons.
Invites JH to meet H. C. Oersted, Henry Warburton, and Henry Kater at dinner next Wednesday.
Previous engagement prevents WW 'joining the early party.'
Unsure whether WW will be in town to dine with JH Monday.
Most correct mode of proceeding will be to suppress incorrect corrections and not to give credit to [T. I. M.?] Forster for inferences of [Peter?] Barlow or calculations of WW.
Board of Longitude will meet at TY's home on Saturday.
Sends papers for R.A.S. and A. J. Fresnel's papers. Modifies analogy of infinite pipes to clarify TY's hypothesis of three principal colors. Charles Babbage sent survey of Mont Cenis. Can JH find its barometrical observations?
Vol. 6 and 7 of F. W. Bessel's observations. Did DB receive JH's paper?
Sends paper.
Letter of introduction to Mr. Robison, son of Edinburgh professor. Thanks PL for sending JH books 11 and 12 of LP's Mécanique céleste. Hopes to see PL's 'perturbations of Ceres and [J. F.] Encke's Comet.' JH's and James South's work on double stars verified views PL once held. Hopes François Arago will publish observations of double stars.
J. J. von Littrow delighted with clock sent by M & C and commissions JH to order another for L. A. Fallon, director of Great Austrian Trigonometrical Survey. Describes modifications. Contact Littrow for further details.
Please forward biography of WH and a list of WH's papers to J. W. A. Pfaff, who plans to translate William Herschel's works into German.