Is unable to get a firm answer from James South as to the availability of a large telescope object glass that James South owns.
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Is unable to get a firm answer from James South as to the availability of a large telescope object glass that James South owns.
JH is to pursue the matter of acquiring an object glass further [see JH's 1833-7-8], without indicating that it may go to Cambridge Observatory.
JH has written to James South again [see JH's 1833-7-8] but has received no answer; is suggesting that it may well be that [R. A.] Cauchoix, the French optician, can supply object glasses as good as those James South has.
Agrees with JH to go direct to the French optician [see JH's 1833-8-9] for a large object glass; HP will provide a telescope with such a lens if G. B. Airy agrees such a large telescope is appropriate to Cambridge Observatory.
Wants JH to negotiate with [R. A.] Cauchoix [see HP's 1833-8-12], keeping HP's name out of the transactions.
The deal has been made [see HP's 1833-9-1] and HP is most grateful for JH's work.
Has placed £1000 at JH's disposal for whatever use JH and Lady Herschel see fit.
Responds to HP's generous offer [see HP's 1835-1-21] by saying JH does not need the money, and then suggests that HP might want to use it to support the publication of JH's results from his stay at the Cape.
Accepts JH's suggestion about using the offered money for publication costs [see JH's 1835-6-12]; is concerned about the telescope at Cambridge, as G. B. Airy has left for Greenwich; final comments on the comet's effects and the weather.
Comments on observation of comets, the position of Southern Hemisphere stars, and the observation of an annular eclipse.
Comments on inaccuracies in earlier Southern Hemisphere star catalogues, along with an extended description of comet observations.
Describes his observational activities, especially the discovery of the variable nature of Eta Argo, and the rediscovery of the sixth satellite of Saturn.
A note of thanks for sending HP a full account of the welcoming dinner given for JH.
About arrangements for the publication and distribution of JH's Cape observations.
Agrees to arrangements suggested by JH [see JH's 1839-3-30] regarding publication of JH's Cape Results.
[Extract] Suggests change in proposed distribution [of Cape Results]. Richard Sheepshanks offered to subsidize portrait of JH, to be distributed with complimentary copies [of Cape Results].
Proposes JH for several positions in B.A.A.S. [Annotations by JH explain reasons for declining.]