Has not heard from America. Discusses paper on electric conduction. Wishes to move further south. Thanks JH for securing WR's election to R.S.L.
Has not heard from America. Discusses paper on electric conduction. Wishes to move further south. Thanks JH for securing WR's election to R.S.L.
T. M. Brisbane is in town. Can JH meet him? JH's computations of definite integrals are simpler, more direct than P. S. Laplace's and more conclusive than Leonhard Euler's. Comments on W. H. F. Talbot's letters demonstrating Josef Fraunhofer's theorem.
Of JG's travels and the people he meets [letter completed 1828-5-17 in Nantes].
Is grateful for JH's invitation to her brother to visit him. Would like advice on a suitable mathematics tutor for her brother.
On the apparent unevenness in the space between Saturn and its rings.
Thanks JH for Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society. Asks if JH knows the Imperial Astronomer [J. J. von] Littrow.
About JG's just completed travels to Europe.
Is grateful for his kindness. Has addressed a letter to her brother c/o JH's house but destroy it if he has returned to Ireland.
Sending the first volume of his Ephemerides for the Astronomical Society, also for Francis Baily and W. H. Smyth. Comments on various aspects of the Ephemerides. Thanks for JH's excellent work on Light.
Needs more money to continue work on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.
Spoke yesterday to His Royal Highness [Duke of Sussex], who would be flattered to be elected. Friday will be last chance until November.
[Edward] Sabine's letter confirmed WR's membership in R.S.L. Feel he was ill-used by Dollar Institution. Apologizes for trouble he caused JH.
Invitation to dine with him. Regarding Richard Taylor the printer.
Describes a terrible hail-storm that broke all the windows in her house. Will send her Astronomical Society Medal for JH to store alongside his and William Herschel's medals.
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Letter of thanks for a copy of JH's thoughts on light.
Invites JH, his mother, and cousin to visit EW anytime.
Expressing the thanks of the Académie for JH's article on Light.
Giving news of the intentions of her son (Charles Babbage) and his experiences on his travels.
Microscopes installed successfully. Describes observation of second satellite of Jupiter transiting the disk of the planet and how it seemed to linger at the planet's edge.