Recommends Robert Hunt to fill the professorship at King's College, left vacant by the death of John F. Daniell.
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Recommends Robert Hunt to fill the professorship at King's College, left vacant by the death of John F. Daniell.
Testimonial to C. P. Smyth's dependability and competence as an astronomer.
Has written recommendation supporting C. P. Smyth for position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Suggests that C. P. Smyth, after returning to Britain, seek a teacher to help overcome his stutter. Encloses letter from P. H. L. Boguslawski for WS to present to R.A.S.
About a letter of recommendation JH is preparing for Robert Hunt.
Wants to know if GA's opinions [see GA's 1845-4-1] are available for public information, or only for JH.
Regarding the deed for CB's brother-in-law. Is reading G. W. Leibniz's metaphysical works.
Provides the best values available for dispersion and separation, which will allow GA to calculate what he needs [see GA's 1845-4-4].
No summary available.
Discusses procedures that should be followed when the Committee on Physics is summoned to deal with a 'momentous' matter, i.e., the discontinuation of the magnetic observatories.
The continuation of magnetic and meteorological observatories is under question, and CW's instrument for observing atmospheric electricity should be part of the discussion.
CG having now received the Greenwich and Toronto observations, JH invites CG to write further material for the forthcoming publication.
Expresses his pleasure at RH's new position at the Museum of Economic Geology.
[Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation is shallow and full of errors. Tells AS not to spare it when he reviews it. Discusses various topics including the nebular hypothesis, P. S. Laplace, central heat in gravitation, and the density of planets. Also, the 'nonsensical calculations' of Auguste Comte's astronomy.
Makes some amendments in JH's request for information [see JH's 1845-4-6].
Seeks GA's assistance in solving a puzzle in the mathematics of rotating bodies.
Is very critical of a series of three foreign memoirs that JH believes certainly should not be published. Concludes with a strange postscript on catalepsy.
Mostly about the health of JH and his wife, Margaret.
Sends P. H. L. Boguslawski's address. Asks WS to send J. H. Mädler's chart to P[eter] Stewart.
Responds to recently printed letter by James South. Denies South's assertion and confirms that William Herschel did discover two interior satellites of Saturn with 40-feet reflector telescope in 1789.
On Francis Baily's titles and on how to get a print with Baily's picture, autograph, and name in regular capitals. Explains remarks he made in a controversy with T. R. Robinson and published in the Athenaeum [Autumn, 1843] about JH's father's telescopes.