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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Adrien Beuchot
Date:
21 juillet 1833
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 961.
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La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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News of family and friends after skipping June letter: Osmaston and the Foxes, five weeks in London, the Langtons in Shropshire, Fanny Biddulph and daughter, R. W. Darwin, and Charles Hughes.
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Discusses construction of achromatic and reflecting telescopes, and stands for large telescopes. Asks JH to sign a subscription list to raise funds to construct telescope.
Reports observations with WS's equatorial during Bedford visit. Packs instruments for voyage. Pleased that Thomas Maclear will take post of Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory.
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