Regarding the plan of the tables for the places of the principal stars. Will be unable to attend the meeting of council on Friday. Will send memorandum for discussion.
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Regarding the plan of the tables for the places of the principal stars. Will be unable to attend the meeting of council on Friday. Will send memorandum for discussion.
Wishes to resign from the secretaryship of the Astronomical Society.
Shocked by death of [Professor E. D. Clarke], JH supports [J. S.] Henslow as candidate to succeed Clarke. Apologizes for incorrect charging of JW for Analytical Society Memoirs [see JH's 1822-2-23]. Asks JW to find out whether William Whewell will write article on physical astronomy.
Has he received the copies of the Vienna Observations? Encloses a small pamphlet of interest to mariners. What does he think of Josef Fraunhofer's micrometer for observing double stars? Is writing this letter on his birthday.
Mr. Schenck will consider favorably proposition made when JH passed through Berne, provided it is compatible with S's position and suitable for a married man.
Sends the formula for finding the maximum diameter of the planets.
Observatory plans are progressing well; GP also sends some Cambridge University news.
Would like his help on observations of double stars. Comparison of data. Gives details of stars and distances of certain planets from the earth.
Next meeting of Board of Longitude.
Regarding the method of dispatch of papers for foreign members.
Encloses JH's translation of J. J. Littrow's method of determining latitude by pole star. It already appeared in F. X. Zach's Correspondance astronomique.... Send Francis Beaufort's survey of Karamania coast.
Has had a letter from [J. C.?] Schenk of which he encloses a copy as it was possibly intended for JH. Will be pleased to hear about his expedition to Monta Rosa. Has found new method of estimating the mean temperature of the air. Was too late to see Vesuvius in eruption. Let him know if he wishes to say anything to Schenk.