Letter of introduction for Professor [J.?] Hoffer of Vienna.
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Letter of introduction for Professor [J.?] Hoffer of Vienna.
Regarding the printing of JH's countings field-falls of stars.
Expresses some concerns about GA's having indicated support for a particular candidate for the Board of Visitors. [Very faint.]
Informs JH that GA has stated that he will no longer work with James South on the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory; wants JH to be prepared for possible trouble.
Cannot find F. W. Bessel's letter [see JH's 1846-7-31]; believes GA returned it to JH a long time ago.
Just returned from nine weeks on the continent. Met Miss Caroline Herschel, who mentioned a catalogue of John Flamsteed's stars to which she had attached some notes.
Is thinking of writing an account of the new planet.
Detailed response to JH's 1846-10-22 about the matter of temperature corrections for magnetic observations.
Suspects that the original complainant about temperature corrections [see JH's 1846-10-22] was in fact working with a faulty magnetometer.
Regarding the slow motion screw in declination.
Regarding his paper about the new planet. Attacks by article in the Athenaeum.
Essentially agrees with JH's plan for distribution of the star catalogues [see JH's 1846-11-18].
Regarding F. W. Bessel's table for the Huygenian satellite. On early chronology.
Regarding Johann Lamont's numbers.
Sends some books in response to JH's request for information about F. W. Bessel [see JH's 1846-12-20]; GA's daughter Hilda is very ill.
Lists the contents of a parcel being sent.
Domestic news. Further regarding telescopes and slow motion in declination.