A letter accompanying several other letters that might be of interest to GA; encourages GA to act quickly if he means to try for 'the appointment.'
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A letter accompanying several other letters that might be of interest to GA; encourages GA to act quickly if he means to try for 'the appointment.'
Questions concerning a vacant professorship at Dublin Observatory.
Offers information, and strategy, which GA may find useful if he is seriously considering a position at Dublin Observatory; much of the information JH provides comes from Francis Beaufort.
Proposed visit to Dublin and letters of introduction from JH.
Observations on the position of professorship at Dublin, conditions of service, income, etc.
Comments on GA's response to an offer from Dublin [see JH's 1827-4-7]; also about the discussion in the Council of the R.S.L. of a report of experiments from William Whewell and GA; JH makes some disparaging remarks about the work of John Pond.
No news of Dublin. Remarks on a series of experiments. Observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.
Further observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.
Explains to GA the disposition, by the Committee on Papers of the R.S.L., of GA's experimental results [see JH's 1827-5-3].
Comments on GA's work on the solar tables, GA's pending paper on eyepieces, and on the quality of observations made at Greenwich and Paris; GA is intending to repeat the experiment of swinging a pendulum in a mine, and JH believes the Board of Longitude can provide the equipment.
Requesting a copy of JH's paper on 'Object planes.' Encloses with this letter his own paper on 'Eyepieces.' Requesting that Greenwich Observations be sent to the University Library, Cambridge.
Asking JH to express his willingness to becoming Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University.
Informs GA that JH turned down the offer of the Lucasian Professorship at Cambridge, and suggests that Charles Babbage be offered the job.
Asking JH's opinion on how he should print his catalogue of observations of transits. Requests information on any forthcoming comets.
States JH's position on the question of publishing all the observations of an observatory, or working out results and publishing only those; notes clearness of Encke's Comet; comments on the return of Charles Babbage from abroad.
Asking JH to get in touch with Charles Babbage. Thanking him for his observations on his catalogue of stars and transits.
Has prepared a paper on the doctrine of sound; expects to be up to spend several days with GA at the Cambridge Observatory.
Remarks about his recent tour of Italy including his meeting with G. A. A. Plana and other Italian astronomers How to observe the Moon's mass.
Comments on several astronomical topics, viz., the publication of unreduced observations, the strange behavior of some of GA's clocks, the problem of no significant stars in some areas when sweeping the sky, and the effects of Venus and the Moon on each other's behavior; asks GA for confirmation of some star positions.
Giving observations on stars. Discussion of clock rates and sky sweeps.