Received tables of heights recorded in 'Sind, the Punjab, N.W. Provinces, and Central Asia.' Sees scientific interest in JW's described effect of refraction on levelling. Work is important to irrigation.
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Received tables of heights recorded in 'Sind, the Punjab, N.W. Provinces, and Central Asia.' Sees scientific interest in JW's described effect of refraction on levelling. Work is important to irrigation.
Received Indian survey chart. JH's son John wrote of higher-order ellipsoidal triangles with sides based on geodesical triangles. JH objects that these violate principle of diagonal bracing. Proposes different triangles and names sites in India as apexes. Received G. B. Airy's paper on reduction.
Received JH's two letters acknowledging receipt of 'Volume of Tables of Heights' of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Hopes to visit JH and discuss phenomenon of terrestrial refraction. Received valuable assistance on tables from JH's son John.
Returned from Gloucestershire. Will visit Collingwood on Monday.
Sent JH 'Index Chart' of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Compares five triangulation methods: longitudinal series, George Everest's, G. B. Airy's, that of JH's son John, and minimum squares. JH's son and bride avoided cyclone that destroyed Calcutta Observatory.
Indian Triangulation chart showed progress to May 1862. Explains why arcs of meridians and parallels were chosen over diagonal braces. G. B. Airy's method of determining errors helped. Will take note and package from Maria [Herschel] to JH's son John.