From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Alexis Bouvard
Date:
27 Nov 1829
Source of text:
NAF 1308 / 98, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
No summary available.
Announces newly formed Astronomical Society. Invites AB to join.
AB was elected to new Astronomical Society. Extracts from 11 Feb. 1821 letter to C. F. Gauss.
Acknowledges letters from AB and French Board of Longitude received by Astronomical Society. Thanks for care given to JH's reflecting theodolite by Mr. Schenk. Promises copy of JH's and James South's [1824] article on double stars. Hopes to hear from J. B. Fourier regarding biography of William Herschel.
Has received AB's 1821-4-20. Thanks for report on the solar eclipse. Reports British observations of the eclipse.