Birthday greetings to JH. Severe wind damage at Slough, but telescopes are safe. News of acquaintances. Condition of JH's horse.
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Birthday greetings to JH. Severe wind damage at Slough, but telescopes are safe. News of acquaintances. Condition of JH's horse.
Wants news of visitors to Slough. Encloses papers from Thomas Young. Will send Young's plates later with Miss Delevaux.
Left 'proof plate' of William Herschel at JH's residence last week. Kept it in cottage for long time. Hopes it will find 'a better place' with JH.
Asks JH to pay CH's debt to his mother and deduct that amount from next annuity payment to CH.
Writes to acknowledge the receipt of a volume of the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia.
[J. W. A.] Pfaff plans to publish a translation and edition of all William Herschel's papers. Requests a catalogue of those papers and permission to publish a biography of his later years.
Thanks for forwarded essay on physical astronomy. Remarks about method for precisely determining the power of a telescope. Has [C. L.] Harding's celestial atlas. Wanted to dedicate book to Astronomical Society, but asks privately whether permission is necessary.
Sends letter by Mr. Massotti of the Milan observatory, who is leaving to find employment in England. Massotti wishes to sell his dividing machine in England. FT hopes to see JH in England at the reunion of the Societé Helvetique.
With the departure of [Otto von] Kotzebue, WS takes the opportunity to send JH volumes of Dorpat observations. Requests notification if volumes do not arrive.
Thanks JH for having been nominated to England's Astronomical Society. Notes that his results on double stars agree with those of JH and James South. Eagerly awaits new 14-foot achromatic telescope.
Apologizes for late reply. Includes news. Hopes to see JH in Berne in summer. Has forgotten price agreed on for object.
Worries that Johann Pfaff is unqualified to translate William Herschel's papers into German; hopes that JH will be the primary authority for commenting on WH's work.
The Germans are printing many of William Herschel's papers; comments that 'there does not pass a month but something appears in print.'
Hopes to receive more correspondence from JH. Often wishes that she could be with JH in order to ensure that he will not overwork himself like William Herschel did.
Assures JH that she will send Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers as soon as they are published.
Gratified that JH appreciates the astronomical legacy that she left at Slough. Explains that she returned to Hanover because she felt that 'it would be in vain to struggle any longer against age and infirmity.'
Researching double stars. Comparing his finding to William Herschel's, finds that most are compatible. The 40-ft. reflector is unusable, but hopes to try the 20-ft. Heard that WH's papers will be translated into German; wishes Johann Pfaff to undertake it. Asks CH to send him a copy of the finished translation.
Will attend meeting of Lord Mayor's Committee to rebuild London Bridge.
Events at Cambridge. Has a paper by A. L. Cauchy for him. Has met Humphry Davy and discussed CB's machine. CB is celebrated in verse.
Has had a meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer concerning his calculating machine. Is to get financial assistance from the government. Hopes to see JH on Monday night.