From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.163
Summary:
Regarding estimates and payment for a parallectical mounting.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Regarding estimates and payment for a parallectical mounting.
Admiralty has approved equatorial telescope for Cape of Good Hope Observatory. Advise JH to order it from Munich.
The Admiralty has approved the purchase of the telescope for the Cape Observatory [see GA's 1845-12-1].
No summary available.
A note of instructions about paying for the Cape telescope [see GA's 1845-12-20].
Regarding the condition for determining the best possible orbit for a double star.
Will consider GA's objections [see GA's 1845-12-27] when JH works further on double star orbits.