From:
Thomas Stephens Davies
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Jun 1835
Source of text:
MSD 1 / 106, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
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Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Has received the box from H.M.S. Rattlesnake and lists the parcels for JH. T. W. Bowler commenced the tidal observations yesterday. Outlines the method used. Was beset by dogs on the way home. Expects to hear from the first ship of an Assistant.
Gives incomplete report on observations of nebulae and double stars and theories on the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds based thereupon. Thanks WH for his explanation of WH's new dynamical method, but JH admits that he understands only its 'general scope.'
Announcing that JH and James South have been awarded the J. J. Lalande prize for their Double and Triple Stars.