Wants to know if GA's opinions [see GA's 1845-4-1] are available for public information, or only for JH.
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Wants to know if GA's opinions [see GA's 1845-4-1] are available for public information, or only for JH.
Arranging a meeting of the Magnetic Committee to set the agenda for the magnetic conference to be held during the B.A.A.S. meetings in Cambridge.
No news yet about the request to Robert Peel for money for magnetic observations.
How does one jog the memory of the First Lord of the Treasury [see GA's 1845-10-3]?
S. J. A. Compton [Lord Northampton] has addressed a private letter to Robert Peel [see GA's 1845-10-9].
Robert Peel has suggested that the Admiralty has money available to pay for improvements in scientific instruments of value to navigation.
Encourages GA to ask the Admiralty about the implications of Robert Peel's statements [see JH's 1845-9-29 or earlier].
Gives reasons why telescope for Cape Observatory should be as perfect as possible. Doubts that its 'finder' is adequate.
Results of testing at Collingwood by JH and W. R. Dawes of two 8-inch object glasses made by William Simms for Cape of Good Hope observatory.
Supplement to JH's report [see JH's 1845-10-10] on object glasses for Cape Observatory. Different results at lower powers when observing planets.
Seems clear that JH's 'falling star' [see JH's 1845-4-29] was the same one reported by a correspondent of GA's as having been seen in Nottingham; in a postscript JH is not so sure.
Seeks GA's assistance in solving a puzzle in the mathematics of rotating bodies.
Provides the best values available for dispersion and separation, which will allow GA to calculate what he needs [see GA's 1845-4-4].
Is skeptical of the American observations [see GA's 1845-12-8], and reports other observations communicated to JH.
Asks for new observational data on Gamma Virginis [see JH's 1843-7-18].
Believes GA's measurements [see GA's 1845-10-1] seriously in error, and strenuously defends JH's method.
Will consider GA's objections [see GA's 1845-12-27] when JH works further on double star orbits.
Regarding measure of Virginis.
Thanks GA for the information about the presentation made to F. W. Bessel [see GA's 1845-10-20], and for sharing Bessel's reply.
Has been informed that William Parson's telescope resolves all the nebulae in JH's catalogue into stars.