I5<S ASTRONOMY IN WANSTEAD. 



xxxi., mentions " the exactness of Dr. Pound and his nephew, Mr. 

 Bradley." He thus rapidly attained eminence ; became justly 

 esteemed by men of science ; and was elected Fellow of R.S., 6th 

 November, 1718. Entering into holy orders, 17 19, he was ordained 

 priest in 1720, and but two days afterwards presented to the 

 Vicarage of Kridstow, Monmouth ; probably a sinecure. 



Having already mentioned his appointment as Savilian Professor, 

 it may be well to give the exact dates. He was elected 31st 

 October, 1721, admitted to the office rSth December, and read his 

 inaugural lecture 26th April, 1722. 



In Dr. Pound's account-book previously referred to, we find the 

 following entries in this connection : 



1721. Sept. 2. Ry coach hire, pocket expenses, &c., about 



the Oxford professorship . . . £2 12 o 

 ,, Oct. 31. By cousin Bradley, lent him . . .440 



,, ,, ,, By pocket expenses in London . . . o 11 3 



From another part of the book we find that the four guineas 

 were supplied to give to the doorkeepers of the House of Lords on 

 the day of election. 



When John Hadley, the inventor or improver of the sextant, had 

 solved the difficulty of perfecting mirrors for reflecting telescopes, 

 and gave an account of his methods to the Royal Society in 1723, 

 he presented them with one of his instrimients, of Newtonian con- 

 struction, with a metal speculum of 6-inch aperture. This was sent 

 down to Dr. Pound to compare with the large Huygenian refractor, 

 and he reported " that though the focal length of the object-metal 

 was not quite 5} feet, it bore an equal magnifying power (about 230 

 diameters), and represented an object as distinctly as the refractor, 

 though not altogether so clearly and bright." Bradley assisted him 

 in making this comparison, and subsequently set to work on the 

 grinding of metallic mirrors (specula). 



Dr. Pound died on the i6th November, 1724, and his nephew 

 thus refers to his loss : " A relation to whom he was dear even more 

 than by the ties of blood." He was buried in the chancel of the 

 old church, in front of the communion rails. The flat stone and 

 inscription, now in the open, may yet be seen on the old church site. 



The various communications he made to the Royal Society, inter 

 alia, " Astronomical observations made at Wanstead," " A rectifica- 

 tion ot the motion of the five satellites of Saturn," "Observations of 

 the transit of the body and shade of Jupiter's fourth satellite over 



