From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1 Mar 1837
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 92, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
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Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Still has not heard from JH. Has put much effort into horary observations of solstices and equinoxes. Sends JH articles by AQ on temperatures of earth. Will send magnetic observations.
Has been very busy observing so has had little time to spare for writing letters. Remarks on the recent star catalogues which he has received. Would FB bring Capt. J. A. Lloyd's case to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex). Sun spots. Meteors in N. America and those at the Cape.