Will visit WS after attending two R.S.L. committee meetings. Asks WS's opinion of usefulness of occultation information in the Nautical Almanac.
Will visit WS after attending two R.S.L. committee meetings. Asks WS's opinion of usefulness of occultation information in the Nautical Almanac.
Informing him that he has been elected to the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge. Offers congratulations and gives views of other friends of his success. He should return to take up his appointment.
Writes CB at Naples to inform CB that CB has been elected Lucasian Professor at Cambridge. Urges CB to write to thank the electors.
Would FB take the chair at the next meeting as he is busy nebulae-hunting. Regarding a printer for the papers of the Astronomical Society. Would like his own paper printed before June. Discusses J. J. Littrow's optical paper. Sends article on Light, which he has written for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana.
Confusion around [James] Grahame's possible use of the verses that JH had offered to MK as suitable for the music Cherry Ripe.
Many thanks for the Hindoo myth. May attempt to put it in verse when he can spare the time from star gazing and computing. The South American Indians imagine their ancestors are hunting among the constellations. Is glad James Grahame called. Sorry to hear a poor account of Captain Kater's health.