Bad weather has prevented him from observing the transit of the comet. Has purchased a refractor similar to the one at Dorpat.
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Bad weather has prevented him from observing the transit of the comet. Has purchased a refractor similar to the one at Dorpat.
Discusses JH's efforts to send various publications to JL and to receive publications from JL. Hopes Franz von Gruithuisen, whose 'strange' lunar observations are causing controversy, will come to England with his telescope. Discusses JH's progress in preparing a catalog of nebulae.
About observing comets, problems with book sellers and shipping books. JL has written a popular astronomy in which he deals with perturbations, precession, and other difficult topics. Would JH like a copy?
Sends some additions to an earlier paper on object glasses of telescopes; also some observations of the August comet, made by other astronomers.
Has been overwhelmed with work, which accounts for the delay in writing. Thanks for communications. Both are now printed. Comments on some of the points raised.
Thanks for comments on JL's papers [see JH's 1828-7-24]; Charles Babbage had visited JL.
Is sending papers for the Astronomical Society Memoirs, on telescope lenses and the construction of telescopes, planetary observations, and the use of equatorial telescopes. Is anxious to see JH's writings on light and his nebulae catalogue.