Is sending letters by W. R. Dawes and F. W. Bessel, the latter occasioned by a volume of 'Planetary reductions' presented to him by GA.
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Is sending letters by W. R. Dawes and F. W. Bessel, the latter occasioned by a volume of 'Planetary reductions' presented to him by GA.
Deprived of news from JH. Works on physical phenomena of globe. Calls attention to [J. C. A.] Peltier's work on electricity of air of barometer. Asks JH to please write soon.
Committee of Physics will meet 27 Oct. to recommend foreign members and candidates for medals.
Has received a letter from Henry Goulburn regarding his own letter to Robert Peel. Delay has been due to contracts with foreign governments. Has referred Goulburn to Edward Sabine for details.
Discusses importance of Gamma Virginis: 'I consider it a grand key to several important physical points.' W. R. Dawes claims to have observed a third Uranian satellite.
A note to accompany the return of a letter to JH.
Has received a satisfactory response from the Admiralty [see JH's 1845-9-30].
SP and wife accept Herschels' invitation for 28 Oct.
Sent Lord Northampton a statement describing the manner in which foreign communications have taken place. Returning to Woolwich. [Henry] Goulburn may see him there.
Asks JH to write to George Merz for an object glass for a telescope for the Cape Observatory.
Saw [Henry] Goulburn, who will ask Lord Aberdeen to notify foreign governments that the British government will continue the magnetic observatories. Hopes observatories will continue in those countries too.
Mrs. Airy has given birth to a son.
Sends new edition of James Grahame's History of the United States. Pleased to have been in correspondence with JH. Describes events at Harvard Observatory.
Pleased with JH Gamma Virginis observations. 'Lunar affair' disappoints WS. Cycle of Celestial Objects being translated into Italian.