Would he inform him of the date of the next visitation meeting. Will bring his own catalogue of double stars for the next R.A.S. meeting. Thanks for his paper on proper motion.
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Would he inform him of the date of the next visitation meeting. Will bring his own catalogue of double stars for the next R.A.S. meeting. Thanks for his paper on proper motion.
Is sending, for communication to the R.A.S., observations on Biela's comet and a speculation on comets.
Responds to FB's request for advice on a political document prepared by Thomas Drummond analyzing parliamentary representation and taxation in mathematical terms.
Sending a paper for CD and one for S. P. Rigaud and William Buckland. Would like Buckland's support for W. H. Mill, a candidate for the Boden professorship at Oxford. Has been speculating on the effect of snow on the heights of mountains. Thinks David Brewster has carried his joke about the decline of chemistry too far.
Comments on comparison of boroughs based on assessed value and on taxation.
Brief note about JH's travel to Slough and the need to come back to London soon.
JH and the baby are getting along well; JH talks about cholera; is 'almost certain I had the comet in the [JH's telescope's] field.'
All is well in the household; JH is to chair the cholera committee for the parish, which includes inoculation for all committee members and an oath to treat the sick if nurses cannot be found; JH is receiving political pamphlets [which he ridicules], after Lord John Russell cited JH as an authority in parliament.
Recounts JH's travels to date, together with stories about some of the people he has met; also comments on cholera in various cities [letter completed 1832-6-13].
Reports of further travels, and JH's visit to his aunt Caroline Herschel; interesting stories about his stay in Hanover, including a report on JH's attendance at the Waterloo banquet.
Warns MH about delays in crossing the North Sea, due to storms; will search out the earliest alternative that will carry JH with some comfort.
More about JH's difficulties in reaching England [see JH's 1832-6-26] because of storms at sea; will now try to clear Customs House and come to MH this day.
Flattered by JW's request [see JH's 1832-6-8] for portrait. Business matters delay JH selecting artist.
Compares 'Products' principle with 'Sums' principle for numerical analysis of taxation in several boroughs. JH's opinion favoring Sums was quoted 'in the Assembly.'
Did not expect payment for JH's [review of Mary Somerville's Mechanism of the Heavens] in Quarterly Review. Returns John Murray's remittance. François Arago's 'comet paper' and ensuing panic. Condolences on [death of JL's son].
Responds favorably to JD's request that JH vote for J. W. Lubbock in a forthcoming election [to represent the University of Cambridge in Parliament].
Indebted to CB and friends for their encouragement, but JH declines Provost's invitation to be candidate for professorship at Edinburgh University.
Responds to JS's fear [see 1832-5-15] that JH has been preparing an attack on JS's double star observations by explaining in detail and providing extensive evidence that JH has no such intention.
Please send vol. 2 of Nathaniel Bowditch's translation of P. S. Laplace's Mécanique céleste.
Sends some autographs requested by WD. Discusses observations of comets, especially Biela's, and of various stars, especially double stars.