Writes to arrange a visit to Collingwood.
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Writes to arrange a visit to Collingwood.
Expresses unease about P. S. Laplace's formulation of the barometric determination of height; in a postscript comments that Michael Faraday's lecture on conservation of force is a 'strange production.'
Regarding P. S. Laplace's barometric measurements. Michael Faraday.
Suggests ways of eliminating transmission of vibration to a piece of sensitive equipment.
Note accompanying forwarding of a paper by Otto Struve, and other minor matters.
Asks GA for clarification of the value for the 'mean equatorial horizontal parallax' of the moon, since two different values are given by different authors.
Offers some thoughts on JH's problem [see JH's 1857-9-29], but needs additional time before commenting more fully.
Regarding errors in Francis Baily's tables.
Regarding orbits of comets. Lunar elements JH requires are given in P. A. Hansen's tables.