Accidentally found some verses on a scrap of paper, and wondered if it would fit the music of Cherry Ripe; sends verses to MK.
Accidentally found some verses on a scrap of paper, and wondered if it would fit the music of Cherry Ripe; sends verses to MK.
Asks MK's permission to allow a close friend to make use of the words once sent to her by JH as suitable for the music of Cherry Ripe.
Thanks for the kind reception afforded him at Slough. Sends a copy of [J. H.?] Schröder's paper on the discoveries of William Herschel. Also sends some observations of the late solar eclipse made in Holland.
Invites JH to the London Institution to meet Humphry Davy.
William Herschel is glad that JH declined offer for WH to become commissioner of longitude. Hopes JH enjoys visit with James South and family.
Sends three chronometers set to Blackman St. time. Confirm them by a transit of Arcturus tomorrow, then return them to JS at Blackman St. Gives times for next rocket firings.
Compares observed times of rocket bursts at observatory and at Blackman St.
Discusses origin and reactions of enclosed borate of lead. Postscripts on parallel strata in glass.
Hopes to call on Thursday to discuss queries. Regarding recent astronomical experiments. Alterations to his twenty-foot telescope.
Meeting at Dr. George Pearson's on Friday next.
Can JH deputize for him at the Astronomical Society meeting?
Regarding refraction in crystals of apophyllite and quartz.
It was too cloudy for any worthwhile observations to be made during the recent eclipse. Looking forward to the publication of JH's work. Outlines his own recent and projected work. Thomas Brisbane observed the eclipse at Cork.
Further eclipse observations from around the world [see HW's 1820-7-30].
Sir Edward Codrington will take charge of chronometer for Captain Copeland if delivered to Codrington at Portsmouth.
Collecting English observations of eclipse of 7 Sept. 1820 for H. J. Walbeck. Construction of object glasses.
Sends set of William Herschel's duplicated papers. Curious results 'examining the rings,' but bad weather has hampered experiments. Correction of spherical aberration. JH is using J. d'Alembert's Opuscules. Image of Alpha Lyrae.
Provides detailed travel suggestions for WW's planned trip to the continent. Asks WW to deliver letters to various European scientists.
Praises Lady Smith for developing new method for copying paper portraits, discusses further. Remembers Corrêa [de Serra] well and often listened to him at Sir Joseph Banks'. A York bookseller will get him Smith's "Grammar of Botany" and ["A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus..."] when published.
Mild winter: does not remember a milder one, thermometer has not been lower than 31°F and fears vegetation will "suffer from being too far forward"; peach buds are swelling and cucumbers are in rough leaf. Snow at Gordon Castle in last few days, received two plants of 'Menziesia caerulea' procured from Inverness, one placed in bog earth with 'Rhodendra' and other potted and both look well so far. Duke of Gordon also sent quill feathers of the supposed female woodcock, enclosed [not extant]; has written to Ireland for further opinion.
Had rent day yesterday and remitted 10 per cent on land, "such are the bad times for farmers that I rather think I did too little, however they were well pleased". Requests recommendation for more recent "Genera plantarum" than Linnaei 1767. Encloses his pamphlet [extant] titled "On the Winchester Bushel", which "has nearly given the finishing stroke to our Country bushel".
List of manuscripts and letters to be translated by Gurney.