Congratulates GRW on appointment to position at British Museum.
Congratulates GRW on appointment to position at British Museum.
J. S. Henslow’s and C. C. Babington’s opinions on WK’s seeds.
J. S. Henslow’s and C. C. Babington’s opinions on WK’s seeds.
Requests publication of what will hopefully be JH's last letter on the Slough telescope [see JH's "[Reply to Dr. Robinson [on the Reflecting Telescopes of the Late Sir William Herschel]," Athenaeum, #836 (Nov. 4, 1843), 983-4.
Continues the debate with T. R. Robinson [see Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7; #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884; and #834 (Oct. 21, 1843), 945-6] on the quality of William Herschel's 40-foot reflecting telescope.
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A notice of meeting of the Standards Committee, together with an indication of business to be conducted at that meeting.
Changes the date of a Board of Visitors' meeting and urges JH to be there.
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TW saw many curious formations between Carnwath and Currie and wondered whether they were glacier morains.
Babington has reared a facsimile [of W. Kemp’s Atriplex] by sowing seeds of A. angustifolia. CD has advised Kemp not to publish since anyone would say it was more probable that the seeds of his specimens were in the soil, than that the ones he found had retained vitality. CD regrets this, as he has no doubt of the antiquity of the seeds.
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Thanks CD for kind letter concerning seeds. Believes soil in which they were planted was contaminated.
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Will try to attend meeting called by GA, although JH is plagued by rheumatism; comments on the periods of Saturn's satellites.
Has a copy of F. W. A. Argelander's Uranometria. Comments on this in relation to the proposed revision of the constellations.
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G. B. Airy will be happy to receive JH tomorrow.