FB was elected associate of Astronomical Society.
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FB was elected associate of Astronomical Society.
Asks if FB is willing to be proposed as an Associate member of the Astronomical Society.
Responds to FB's much delayed answer to JH's 1820-5-9; comments on some observational matters.
Thanks for the publications by FB that FB sent. JH has sent the copies to the persons FB designated. Discusses the 'enigmatical difference in the places of the stars as observed here & on the Continent.' Cannot explain this.
Requests FB to send JH any observations of Gamma Virginis made by FB. Anxious for these because of differences between JH's and Wilhelm Struve's measurements of Gamma Virginis. Provides JH's new determination of the orbital elements of this object. Thanks FB for publications FB sent. JH's brother-in-law, J[ames Calder] Stewart, may visit FB.
FB's letter of 4 July 1834 reached JH in March 1835. Discusses the observability of the sixth and seventh Saturnian satellites. Meteorological observations at sea, at Cape, and from Calcutta lead JH to suspect 'annual transfer of atmospheric pressure' between hemispheres and permanent depression at equator. Describes JH's work at the Cape. Praises Thomas Maclear.
Thanks FB for letter in which FB announces the discovery of annual stellar parallax; JH questions whether effects of temperature have been adequately considered.
Thanks FB for a variety of observational material, including establishment of standards of measurement [letter completed 1840-1-3].
Offers to meet FB at Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting and to bring FB to Collingwood for a quiet visit.
Detailed arrangements for FB's visit [see JH's 1842-6].
Comments on expected honor from Prussian government and on British rules against officially accepting it.
Informs FB on how to visit Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard.
Thanks FB for some papers; raises questions relating to remodelling the constellations of the southern sky.
Talks about stiffening a vertical circle, or tube; explains that southern constellation remodelling has been very minimal.