Is coming to London and wants to see JH.
Is coming to London and wants to see JH.
[J. W. A.] Pfaff plans to publish a translation and edition of all William Herschel's papers. Requests a catalogue of those papers and permission to publish a biography of his later years.
Has purchased the picture for £8. Will be at Birmingham tomorrow.
Reports on various observations of double stars that JS has made. Asks JH to check some of JS's results.
Assures JH that she will send Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers as soon as they are published.
Thanks JH for having been nominated to England's Astronomical Society. Notes that his results on double stars agree with those of JH and James South. Eagerly awaits new 14-foot achromatic telescope.
Queries regarding Sir William Herschel's telescopes, and requesting JH's advice on certain astronomical matters.
Has no record of payee on draft from Caroline Lucretia Herschel's account sent to HG by JH.
Reports on efforts to make measurements regarding 39 Boötes. Accepts JH's invitation for JS and wife to visit JH at Slough.
Explains that because of illness, Mr. Schenk, a skilled instrument maker, will not be moving to London. [Much of letter is illegible, but it contains a draft reply from JH.]
Had difficulty with actinometer observations on Etna, but obtained a few. Has just obtained a living in Somerset. Is working for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana at the moment but hopes to make a set of actinometer observations soon.
Please forward biography of WH and a list of WH's papers to J. W. A. Pfaff, who plans to translate William Herschel's works into German.
Wants news of visitors to Slough. Encloses papers from Thomas Young. Will send Young's plates later with Miss Delevaux.
Discusses observations he had made of various stars, especially a star in Capricorn that William Herschel believed to be a gravitational double. Has observed 61 Cygni.
Answers to his queries regarding fees at Cambridge and amount of living allowance necessary.
Presents a system WW has devised for designating the faces of crystals. Asks JH whether it would be suitable for presentation to the R.S.L.
Discusses a paper by [Edward] Troughton and work that JH and JS were preparing. Remarks on observations of 61 Cygni and of Sigma Cassiopeia.
Will bring a transit instrument to Slough so that JH and JS can determine its longitude. Proposes joint observations of the satellites of Saturn. Has been observing 61 Cygni.
Thanks for books. Presumes Robert Molyneux has received payment for clock; this is a very good instrument, much better than [Thomas?] Young's. Encloses a work of his own, which he would like to see in the Transactions of the R.A.S. Sends propositions by a young Bavarian named K. W. Feuerbach.
Thanks for forwarded essay on physical astronomy. Remarks about method for precisely determining the power of a telescope. Has [C. L.] Harding's celestial atlas. Wanted to dedicate book to Astronomical Society, but asks privately whether permission is necessary.