Is sending JH a list of 38 nebulae, their positions reduced to 1830, and described using the terms that JH uses. Comments on some of the difficulties in identifying the nebulae, and includes reference to other astronomer's work.
Is sending JH a list of 38 nebulae, their positions reduced to 1830, and described using the terms that JH uses. Comments on some of the difficulties in identifying the nebulae, and includes reference to other astronomer's work.
Wrote to [A.] Sawitsch regarding Russian pendulum experiments. Encloses Sawitsch's reply. Discusses experimental possibilities.
Thanks JH for the efforts made on behalf of his brother, Adalbart Adolf Mühry. [The London Medical Relief Fund was only intended for residents of England, and so could not help.]
Informing JH that TN's father died this morning.
Warren de La Rue has suggested that WB apply for a government grant to further his researches on the lunar surface. Would be grateful for his support.
Is sending JH the completed sheets of nebula reductions for printing [see JH's 1863-2-6].
Has received the report on his paper on glaciers. Comments on one or two points. Hopes it will create interest in the subject.
Sends a final accounting for the calculating work done at the Royal Observatory on JH's nebula catalogue [see JH's 1863-2-7].
Is grateful for JH's kind action [see AG's 1863-1-30]. Address the parcels to the London address of Hachette.
Giving results (including diagram) of a comparison of earth currents and magnetometer disturbances.
Will take into account JH's suggestions [see JH's 1863-2-13] and see where this leads.
Regarding the gravimetric balance.
Sends [Warren] de La Rue's letter on Southern[?] Telescope for JH's review. Swedish Academy working on reviving project of measuring arc of meridian.
Sending him a correction for his article on meteorology relating to the rainfall of Bristol. Intends publishing a book on climate and will send him a copy.
Is JH interested in seeing G. F. J. A. Auwers's catalogue of JH's and William Herschel's nebulae?
Did JH receive G. F. J. A. von Auwers's catalog of JH's and William Herschel's nebulae?
Asks JH to comment on the scientific merit of a large number of plates on solar spots sent to R.S.L. by Richard Carrington.
Would like JH to add his signature to Hind's certificate for the R.S.L., and then forward it to G. B. Airy.
Cruel illness has kept him from work for a while. Just finished Histoire des sciences mathématique et physique chez les belges. AQ's son works with proper motion, double and multiple stars, and absolute positions.
Recalls translating Outlines Astr. into Chinese. Wishes to visit JH before returning to China.