Discusses various apparent errors JS has been detecting in observing double stars with two different telescopes. Assures JH that no serious problems exist.
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Discusses various apparent errors JS has been detecting in observing double stars with two different telescopes. Assures JH that no serious problems exist.
Reports on various observations of double stars that JS has made. Asks JH to check some of JS's results.
Reports on efforts to make measurements regarding 39 Boötes. Accepts JH's invitation for JS and wife to visit JH at Slough.
Discusses observations he had made of various stars, especially a star in Capricorn that William Herschel believed to be a gravitational double. Has observed 61 Cygni.
Discusses a paper by [Edward] Troughton and work that JH and JS were preparing. Remarks on observations of 61 Cygni and of Sigma Cassiopeia.
Writing in confidence, informs JH of a conversation with Humphry Davy concerning the appointment of assistants for John Pond, Astronomer Royal. Situation complicated by Pond's precarious health and the widespread belief that JH would be the appropriate successor to Pond.
Will bring a transit instrument to Slough so that JH and JS can determine its longitude. Proposes joint observations of the satellites of Saturn. Has been observing 61 Cygni.
Has been ill. Should we publish our observations of 340 double stars or extend the number to 400?