Thanking him for his letter and announcement that he has been made a foreign correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences of France. [Also contains part of a letter to J. B. J. Fourier which is copied out fully in RS:HS.21.58.]
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Thanking him for his letter and announcement that he has been made a foreign correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences of France. [Also contains part of a letter to J. B. J. Fourier which is copied out fully in RS:HS.21.58.]
Is sending Volume 10 of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Thanking him for his publication on the sun, and stating that it will be placed in the library of the Institute.
Wants information for the journal. Apologizes for the delay in writing the letter.
Thanking him for sending the Memoirs.
Has asked L. F. Debure to send to JH the third volume of the Memoirs of the Foreign Correspondents of the Academy of Sciences.
[Extract from a letter of this date to James South:] Tells FA that FA's magnetic experiments have been successfully repeated in England by Peter Barlow, Samuel Christie, Charles Babbage, and JH. Gives details. Publication in process.
Offers a paper ['Note sur la manière d'agir de l'acide nitrique sur le fer,' Annales de chimie, 54 (1833), 87-94] for publication in Annales de chimie. Informs FA how to correspond with JH while JH is at the Cape.
JH has won the gold medal of the Academy of Sciences, and 635 francs, for his work on double stars. Sends his congratulations. The medal will be presented by the president.
Discusses the 'Moon Hoax' and JH's observations of Halley's Comet.
The Academy has received JH's 'Instructions for making ... meteorological observations in South Africa. Thanks him for this.
Regarding the meteor seen in New York. Gives tables of meteors seen during a specified time. Comments on the phenomenon of meteors. Sun spots.
Requests FA's assistance in efforts toward establishing magnetic observatories. Especially recommends an observatory at Algiers. Communication from the R.S.L. will arrive shortly. Comments on biography of William Herschel written by J. B. J. Fourier.
Regarding L. J. M. Daguerre's photographic experiments.
Is sending FA information about magnetic proceedings.
Did Académie des Sciences agree to R.S.L. request for magnetic observatory in Algiers? Stresses importance of multinational cooperation. Details of planned global survey of earth's magnetic field. Encloses list of observations needed from Paris.