Asks if FB is willing to be proposed as an Associate member of the Astronomical Society.
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Asks if FB is willing to be proposed as an Associate member of the Astronomical Society.
Announces formation of the Astronomical Society. Will be pleased to propose [CG] as an associate.
Has received letter of 3 June 1820 reporting on the new circle at Göttingen Observatory. Will read it to the Astronomical Society and propose CG as associate. Sends some JH publications.
Requests FB's paper on the eclipse and the reports on observations of the eclipse that JH has received. Discusses criteria to be used in deciding what to print in the Astronomical Society's journal.
Is grateful for his paper, which he has communicated to A. J. Fresnel. Health has been bad so has confined his researches to physiology. Has won the prize of the Academy for his paper on vertebrates. Will send JH a copy. Not much happening as everyone is in the country.
Pleased to hear of his election to the Astronomical Society. No further news of the projected observatory at Cambridge. Has JH any news of the Observatory to be erected at the Cape? Would JH add his name to his certificate for the R.S.L. Is he interested in the Plumian Professorship?
Would like him to come to dinner next Saturday.
Intended to write earlier but has been delayed by various causes. Their old friend the Dean of Hereford has just died. Comments on political situation in Sicily. New philosophical society started in Cambridge. Plans also for an observatory there.
Has read of Mr. Annesley's death. Will be staying at Stocks until November and would welcome a visit from JH. His parents are quite well and hopes JH's are as well. Is grateful for his comments on Sicily.
Of family, Walter Scott's novels, and affairs in Scotland and Spain.
Recollections of this house JG has just sold.
Of religious matters, accusations against the Queen, and of Charles Babbage [letter completed 1820-11-4].
Offers JH the consolations of religion to deal with his unhappiness.