Found his letter and petition waiting for him on his return from East Kent, and had already presented it to the House of Commons. Outlines the events.
Found his letter and petition waiting for him on his return from East Kent, and had already presented it to the House of Commons. Outlines the events.
Letter to accompany a gift of the first part of FB's popular psychology work.
Is sending for his perusal his own observations on the zodiacal light for the first quarter of the year. Comments on this.
Thanks JH for the volume of verse. Hopes the Herschels will visit if they come to London.
Asks JH to accept sunspot observations made over 14 years by the late [J. W.] Pastorff of Altona Observatory. Accompanying micrometrical measurements are worthless due to mounting of telescope.
Would be pleased to receive JH's paper. His own house is still sad and silent.
Returns [WB's] paper on the zodiacal light. Notes error and offers JH's ideas about light's source.
Cannot accept the invitation to stay during the B.A.A.S. meeting in Edinburgh, as JH will be unable to come.
Clarifies results of pressure oscillations on two coasts of India as similar despite different weather conditions, and deems results thus unsatisfactory; explores reasons and suggests solutions for lack of success.
Believes that Edward Sabine has brought J. H. Lefroy's paper on the Aurora Borealis to JH's notice. Now presents another report on this subject, with comments.
Thanks JH for some historical information on events of the first century A.D. [for TL's study on the life of St. Paul].
Sends a copy of the notice in the Times of a fall of ice in Rossshire, also an account of a similar fall in India in 1826. Comments on these occurrences. [James] Dalmahay has constructed a slide rule for computing the dew-point.
Has addressed a letter to the East India Company, which has raised a storm.
About some difficulty in trying to determine [Andrew] Graham's interest in the Trivandrum post.
[John Russell] Hind is being considered for the post of astronomer at Trivandrum in India.
[Andrew] Graham is not interested in the post [see JH's 1850-4-23].
Encloses note from accountant general of Navy about payment of Cape telescope. Send receipt to FB to complete transaction.
Sends [J. W.] Pastorff's solar observations [see HS's 1850-4-16] as JH's own property.
A Mr. Patton has applied for a position as astronomer. Is he 'conversant with practical observing'?
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