Excited about JH's observations, and has shown them to several people.
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Excited about JH's observations, and has shown them to several people.
Excerpts from JH's letter [n.d.] to Peter Stewart regarding financial investments. Asks for meteorology and tide data in Canton, China.
Discusses reduction of barometric observations. Praises the Cape's climate.
C. P. Smyth appointment as assistant to Thomas Maclear pleases JH. Suggests method of determining right ascension of double stars with collimating telescope. Sends brochure proposing worldwide meteorological observations.
Introducing a Mr. Fraser, who is interested in the setting up of an observatory at Inverness.
FB's letter of 4 July 1834 reached JH in March 1835. Discusses the observability of the sixth and seventh Saturnian satellites. Meteorological observations at sea, at Cape, and from Calcutta lead JH to suspect 'annual transfer of atmospheric pressure' between hemispheres and permanent depression at equator. Describes JH's work at the Cape. Praises Thomas Maclear.
Gives AC notes for Francis Beaufort and for Giovanni Plana. Praises both. Mentions various books.
Describes a work on ethics with an empirical orientation, which JH plans to write. Discusses the meteorology and geology of the Cape region.