Sends some post office stamps to pay for a 'certificate'.
Sends some post office stamps to pay for a 'certificate'.
Thanks JH for the volume of verse. Hopes the Herschels will visit if they come to London.
Asks JH to accept sunspot observations made over 14 years by the late [J. W.] Pastorff of Altona Observatory. Accompanying micrometrical measurements are worthless due to mounting of telescope.
Sends [J. W.] Pastorff's solar observations [see HS's 1850-4-16] as JH's own property.
Discusses balloon experiments to explain fall of barometer with humidity, and explains more discrepancies in vapor-pressure observations. Mentions new 'Hygrometric condenser' as an alternative to wet bulb experiments.
Clarifies results of pressure oscillations on two coasts of India as similar despite different weather conditions, and deems results thus unsatisfactory; explores reasons and suggests solutions for lack of success.
Discusses changes in system of awarding R.S.L. Royal Medals.
A Mr. Patton has applied for a position as astronomer. Is he 'conversant with practical observing'?
Thanks JH for some historical information on events of the first century A.D. [for TL's study on the life of St. Paul].
Letter to accompany a gift of the first part of FB's popular psychology work.
Is sending for his perusal his own observations on the zodiacal light for the first quarter of the year. Comments on this.
Outlining the influence of the recent aurora on the zodiacal light.
Packet and documents are ready. When can he call?
Letter of thanks and good wishes.
Letter of thanks and good wishes.
Has addressed a letter to the East India Company, which has raised a storm.
Returns [WB's] paper on the zodiacal light. Notes error and offers JH's ideas about light's source.
Would be pleased to receive JH's paper. His own house is still sad and silent.
Comments on a number of possibilities for the post at Trivandrum [see JH's 1850-3-20].
Thanks GA for his 1850-4-1, and provides details of a likely candidate.