Wants Thomas Henderson's ambiguous reductions mentioned in N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wants Thomas Henderson's ambiguous reductions mentioned in N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Is concerned about the location of packages relating to the new edition of N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Discusses how the late Francis Baily should be credited in J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française....
Asks JH to retain all proofs of the preface that JH wrote for N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Discusses a possible measurement error in N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere. Richard Sheepshanks is certain that WS has the proofs of JH's preface to Lacaille's book, but an annoyed WS contends that they are with JH.
Received G. B. Airy's proof of JH's preface of N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere from JH, but still awaits his, JH's, and Richard Sheepshanks's copies. Completing the index and the preface to J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française....
Elated to learn from JH that JH has the remaining proofs of JH's preface to N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, as WS had believed; he also is thrilled that Richard Sheepshanks, who asserted that WS held the proofs, will now have to eat his words!
Has supplied Richard Sheepshanks with revisions of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française.... Because Sheepshanks previously accused WS of misplacing the proofs of JH's preface to N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere (which later were found to be where WS had asserted), WS quips that he 'returned every scrap of paper' to Sheepshanks.
Busily preparing sections of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere for the printer.
Discusses the layout of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française....
Asks JH to compare the stars in Thomas Henderson's reductions to those in N. L. Lacaille's Coelum australe stelliferum.
Promises to send to JH copies of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française..., and of N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere by week's end. WS has tried to connect Francis Baily with JL's Catalogue in a 'formal' manner.
Exultant that J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere will be published tomorrow. Asks whether it would be appropriate for the B.A.A.S. to present copies of these two catalogs to J. C. Adams and to U. J. J. Leverrier; discusses other people who deserve copies. In printing and publishing the catalogs, they have spent all of the grant money.
Sends the revised financial report that records the final printing and publication costs of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Now has in hand published copies of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Please send latitude and longitude of Hawkhurst. Family benefited by trip to Southampton. Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.
Communicates with others JH's choice of name for new planet [Iris]. Sends position of Hawkhurst Church tower obtained from map department. Describes rainy-day eclipse and reactions to it.
Advises that the catalogs [J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere] not be bound for another five or six months because some proof-sheets are still quite wet.
Discusses persons who deserve copies of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere (?).