Describes controversy over his father's discovery of two satellites of Saturn in detail. Hopes to publish Cape Results before end of year.
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Describes controversy over his father's discovery of two satellites of Saturn in detail. Hopes to publish Cape Results before end of year.
Suggests dates for upcoming B.A.A.S. meeting that will allow time to get report on Kew Observatory and committee meeting.
Approves date of B.A.A.S. meeting. Will consult with [Charles?] Wheatstone about date of Kew committee meeting.
A note to arrange a meeting to discuss the propriety of continuing the Kew Observatory.
Probably cannot attend Kew meeting after 10th; has suggested 6th or 7th. Wishes to invite Michael Faraday as 'Physical Chair,' but knows of Faraday's poor health.
Accepts dinner invitation.
Agrees to WW's request [that JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk' be included in WW's planned volume?]. Regrets missing [C. K. J.] Bunsen's speech. Busy editing N. L. Lacaille's catalogue.
Mostly about JH's return from London. [Seems to have been written after JH's 1846-5-8.]
JH talks about visits he has made in London, and about plans to return to Collingwood.
Thanks for WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.
Urges a visit to Collingwood by CB. Refers to the development of a cypher.
JH's opinions about disruptive effect of tremors on observatory if proposed railway tunnel is built under Greenwich Park. Proposes method for adjusting train schedule to reduce interference with observations.
Replies that he knows no one who would be willing to purchase the model of the moon.
Has just received his remarkable paper on the dynamical theory of crystalline reflection and refraction. Comments on this. The subject has not lately occupied his attention. Would like clarification on some points.
Presents a detailed discussion of the state of double star astronomy, including number known and number that are probably gravitationally linked. Gives an extended critique of WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality, arguing that WW's system is ultimately a happiness-of-mankind system and consequently rests on expediency considerations.
[Charles] Lyell, [Roderick] Murchison, and JH will speak at B.A.A.S. [T. R.] Robinson should be notified that he will not need to speak at the meeting. Sees few advantages to combining all existing scientific societies into one.
About family health; JH's star counting has led him to believe that all stars are part of one sidereal system [the Milky Way].
Describes several photographic processes.
Has still not received F. W. Bessel's original letter [see GA's 1844-11-16].
Not surprised that scientific journals decline simple mechanical explanation of heat based on principle of conservation of vis viva. Admits that it has advocates, but JH has no time to devote to it. [JH's annotation: Not sent. Waterston gave no address but 'London'.]