Elected Foreign Secretary of R.S.L. Discusses a shipment of books from Russia and a shipment of releases for fellows, the public, and the R.S.L. library.
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Elected Foreign Secretary of R.S.L. Discusses a shipment of books from Russia and a shipment of releases for fellows, the public, and the R.S.L. library.
George Airy, George Peacock, and [Adam] Sedgwick are visiting Collingwood for Christmas. Airy writes JH that an American astronomer named [Ormsby] 'Mitchell' has seen Antares double. JH reports that William Lassell and W. R. Dawes have observed the 7th Saturnian satellite and also another of the six satellites of the 'Georgium Sidus' [Uranus]. JH is confident that his Cape Results will go to the presses in January.
Passing on information received from a O. M. Mitchel[l] of Cincinnati regarding Antares, and the surface of the sun.
A note enclosing a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, on which JH is requested to comment.
JH suffering chest pains. Delighted that WB again observed 'great symmetrical wave.' Sun's effect on atmosphere is like the wake of 'Leviathan going round & round in a confined ... harbour.'