Needs clarification of the relationship between the sun's rotation and the nebular hypothesis. Do the planets between Mars and Jupiter create problems for the hypothesis?
Needs clarification of the relationship between the sun's rotation and the nebular hypothesis. Do the planets between Mars and Jupiter create problems for the hypothesis?
Tells JH to arrive 16 May. Will send train schedule. Sends regards to family.
Asks JH to consider Reginald Octavius Day for an appointment to the new mint in Australia. Sends regards of his nieces and self.
'Delighted' to hear that JH is in 'such good spirits.' Has been giving regular class lectures.
William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.
Has JH received the second or third of AS's Cambridge Paleozoic? Asks about William Whewell's pamphlets regarding the University. Describes trip to Scotland.
JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.
Writes to point out an error in a pamphlet he had written. Discusses plans for upcoming trip to the north.
Thanks JH for translation of Iliad. AS's health has been poor. Invites the Herschels to Norwich.
Thanks AS for his letter. Offers congratulations to newly married Maria Herschel. Will be returning to Cambridge to give his 46th course of lectures.
Eyesight is failing. Discusses William Whewell's death and pays him tribute. Says Professor [W. H.] Thompson will replace Whewell.
Has printed a Memorial about Norwich. Discusses this pamphlet. Has been ill. Discusses solitude and says almost none of his friends are still living.
Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from JH.
Will allow more pages for the text of JH's Telescope.
Concerning the publication of JH's Telescope.
Questions concerning the manuscript of JH's Telescope. Will send proofs to London.
Receives additions to JH's Telescope.
The three volumes will be dispatched from the binders next week. Should he require any more he will be charged at trade price. They wish the sales would improve.
Advising JH that the Admiralty will be sending him information which they have received from G. B. Airy, Edward Sabine, and Richard Owen.
Sending copies of Admiralty Memorandum of 7 December, and requesting JH to request papers from Edward Sabine.