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From:
Charles Roach Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
23 November 1847
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177:318
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Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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[Reply to JH's 19 Nov. note.] FB may be able to get Admiralty to have roof [for telescope at Cape of Good Hope] built at Cranbrook under JH's direction. Submit plan or estimate of time and expenses. Just saw [Thomas] Maclear's letter telling of adventures in 'northern expedition.'
The comet should bear Maria Mitchell's name. If [Francesco] DeVico 'grumbles,' RS could note that Madame Rümker also discovered the comet on [Oct] 3rd. 'What was there in it to attract the eyes of the female part of the creation so especially?'
More calculations showing continued subtraction method in solution of Bernoulli's 13th number.