Please send vol. 2 of Nathaniel Bowditch's translation of P. S. Laplace's Mécanique céleste.
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Please send vol. 2 of Nathaniel Bowditch's translation of P. S. Laplace's Mécanique céleste.
Wants information for the journal. Apologizes for the delay in writing the letter.
Sends two articles for the R.A.S. Gained much pleasure from reading JH's Prelim. Discourse. If JH has written any other books for Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, he would be glad to receive copies. Work on Light has made great impression. Has Charles Babbage finished his Logs. yet? Cholera prevalent in Vienna.
JH and Margaret Herschel visited the Isle of Wight.
About the need to have the standard pound carefully measured so it can be compared with other standards of weight.
Regarding JH's actinometers, intends to compare their results when in Switzerland and would be pleased if JH has any determinations on them. Outlines the plan of his experiments. Thinks JH should publish an account of them before JF publishes the results of his experiments. Met L. A. J. Quetelet in Brussels. Intends visiting the Pyrenees.
Returned from Hanover visit. Observed the star WS had discovered between 36 Ophiuchi and 30 Scorpii. Requests WS to observe a nebula in which JH has spotted a triple star. H. C. Schumacher is recovering from illness, while H. W. M. Olbers is very ill and not expected to recover.
Has sent off his observations by the coach. Account of the Oxford meeting is in Tilloch's Magazine, now amalgamated with David Brewster's Edinburgh Journal. Will be able to include the new catalogue of stars in the forthcoming volume if JH desires it.
Thanks for his angry effusion. His non-reply to WF's paper proves that his theories must be correct.
Regrets a hasty opinion should have evoked so long a letter. Regarding the status of cholera. Would be grateful for a specimen of W. Herschel's handwriting. Sun has been showing symptoms of decay and several have been trying to observe it with limited success.
Flattered by JW's request [see JH's 1832-6-8] for portrait. Business matters delay JH selecting artist.
Of travels and family health.