Has requested Admiralty funding for the proposed telescope [see GA's 1845-11-2]; GA does not like the mounting the telescope is to be given; has gathered, from Otto Struve, that it does not work well at Pulkowa Observatory.
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Has requested Admiralty funding for the proposed telescope [see GA's 1845-11-2]; GA does not like the mounting the telescope is to be given; has gathered, from Otto Struve, that it does not work well at Pulkowa Observatory.
Writes to ask MH's advice about ordering flowers for planting.
A little news, including some comments about JH's health.
No summary available.
Cannot find two specimens of S. American fossil shells.
Is returning JH's report on William Simms's object glass [see GA's 1845-10-14]; GA reiterates Otto Struve's statement about the mounting at Pulkowa Observatory [see GA's 1845-12-1].
Suggests location of lost shell specimens.
The great atmospheric wave has returned; observations on this.
Has requested of Admiralty £485 for equatorial telescope, from Merz in Munich, for Cape of Good Hope Observatory. Ask JH to estimate cost for 'next year's Estimates.'
Elected Foreign Secretary of R.S.L. Discusses a shipment of books from Russia and a shipment of releases for fellows, the public, and the R.S.L. library.
Passing on information received from a O. M. Mitchel[l] of Cincinnati regarding Antares, and the surface of the sun.
A note enclosing a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, on which JH is requested to comment.
JH suffering chest pains. Delighted that WB again observed 'great symmetrical wave.' Sun's effect on atmosphere is like the wake of 'Leviathan going round & round in a confined ... harbour.'
George Airy, George Peacock, and [Adam] Sedgwick are visiting Collingwood for Christmas. Airy writes JH that an American astronomer named [Ormsby] 'Mitchell' has seen Antares double. JH reports that William Lassell and W. R. Dawes have observed the 7th Saturnian satellite and also another of the six satellites of the 'Georgium Sidus' [Uranus]. JH is confident that his Cape Results will go to the presses in January.
Is skeptical of the American observations [see GA's 1845-12-8], and reports other observations communicated to JH.
Discusses GBS’s completion of his descriptions of fossil shells for the appendix to South America.
Regarding estimates and payment for a parallectical mounting.
CD’s enjoyment of JDH’s visit and "all our raging discussions".
Would like to compare insects from Kerguelen Islands with those from Tierra del Fuego.
Invites AS to Collingwood for Christmas. JH has been ill.
Announces 18 Dec. meeting of Committee of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics.