Sends Gamma Virginis data. Will report Aurora Borealis observations to R.A.S.
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Sends Gamma Virginis data. Will report Aurora Borealis observations to R.A.S.
Disappointed with format of Nautical Almanac. Arguments over this have caused many hard feeling among R.S.L. members. Details the controversy.
Sends diagram of the 'little sweeper,' which is now at Hanover with 94-year-old Caroline Herschel.
Thanks JH for recommendation of C. P. Smyth. James South returns from Ireland; reports great observing conditions there.
Lunar model will be placed in Somerset House.
Plans to calculate Gamma Virginis orbit. Received WS paper on astronomical observations. Suggests WS look for a house in Kent after learning plans to move near London.
Will review all Gamma Virginis observations before revising orbit. Catalogue of major nebulae complete; will work on minor nebulae next.
Sends correction to data for Gamma Virginis. Asks if JH has 'considered the puzzle of Aristarchus [lunar crater]' discussed in WS's Cycle of Celestial Objects.
Will give lecture on moon in which he will discuss its composition, the craters Kepler and Gassendi, plus generalities.
Believes that if R.S.L. gives medals that year, J. R. Hind should receive one. John Lubbock is another possible candidate for his work on perturbation theory.
Double star orbits not ready; R.A.S. waiting for JH's new calculating method. Reads accounts of Biela's Comet. Describes Edinburgh Observatory in detail.
Suggests WS take the chair at the next R.S.L. meeting. Discusses a project of John Lubbock's. Fears Caroline Herschel will not survive the year.
Studies two possible orbits of Gamma Virginis; sends complete descriptions of both, including calculation of the apparent and actual ellipse. The first orbit combines the data of other astronomers.
Cannot attend R.A.S. meeting to explain Mme. Witte's lunar model; will send notes of explanation. Busy with the publication of Cape Results. Will write paper on improved method of calculating double star orbits. Discusses relationships of periods of Saturnian satellites.
R.A.S. making exception in letting J. H. Mädler's chart be removed for JH. Continues observation of Gamma Virginis.
Discusses importance of Gamma Virginis: 'I consider it a grand key to several important physical points.' W. R. Dawes claims to have observed a third Uranian satellite.
Pleased with JH Gamma Virginis observations. 'Lunar affair' disappoints WS. Cycle of Celestial Objects being translated into Italian.
Offers condolences to Ann Smyth. WS's calculation of Gamma Virginis orbit surprises JH. Concerned about accurate methods of calculation. Remarks on excavation of Chelsea mammoth.
Compliments WS on his Cycle of Celestial Objects. Inquires who instigated the move for reform of the Nautical Almanac.
Has written recommendation supporting C. P. Smyth for position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Suggests that C. P. Smyth, after returning to Britain, seek a teacher to help overcome his stutter. Encloses letter from P. H. L. Boguslawski for WS to present to R.A.S.