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From:
John Pond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822-6-20 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.31
Summary:

Thanks for sending your catalogues. Requests duplicates. Has made annotations indicating the 'quantity which Mr. [F. W.] Bessel's Instrument places the stars to the south of my determinations.' Cannot yet explain discrepancy. Unable to determine a parallactic shift for Alpha Lyrae, Alpha Aquila, or Gamma Draconis.

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John Herschel Project
From:
John Pond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.32
Summary:

Thanks JH for extract from a letter from [J. J.] Littrow. Discusses in detail positional determinations of various stars he has made, attempting to determine whether errors of either observations or computation have entered into his results. Reports that in general there is substantial agreement between determinations made by JP and those made by John Brinkley at Ireland's Royal Observatory. Mentions solar observations at Greenwich.

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John Herschel Project
From:
John Pond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.33
Summary:

Asks that list of errata be published before a committee meets to investigate 'the subject of Mr. Lee's [?] animadversions.'

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John Herschel Project
From:
John Pond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.35
Summary:

Lacks information on Augustin Fresnel. Praises JH's drawing as rendering unnecessary annexing one to his paper. Has not yet unpacked the new telescope sent by John Ramage.

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John Herschel Project
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