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R.N., superintendent of the " Nautical Almanac," who will 

 send it to Prof. Schumacher, to whom, if you do not soon 

 get it, pray write. I have also ordered a duplicate to be 

 sent you by Mr. Hudson, assistant secretary of the Royal 

 Society, and librarian, who will henceforward send you all 

 my papers (in duplicate). My observations on the satel- 

 lites of Uranus, which confirm my brother's results, were 

 sent to be put in course of publication last night." 



I have no doubt but that you, Sir, are in correspondence 

 with the above named, but to me unknown, gentlemen, and 

 that those two copies intended for me are only enclosed in 

 a packet with many for yourself. 



I long much to see the observations on the Georgian 

 satellites, but doubt their being ready to come with the 

 paper on nebula. I beg you will order them to be for- 

 warded to me as soon as you see them yourselves, for 

 I do not flatter myself with the hopes of being much longer 

 for this world, but will be thankful if life is spared me till 

 the end of April, when I hope to receive the assurance of 

 my nephew's safe arrival with his dear family at the Cape. 



Excuse my troubling you so far, and believe me with 

 great regard, dear Sir, 



Your much obliged and humble servant, 



C. HEESCHEL. 



