[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from J. E. Cullum],
Title
[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from J. E. Cullum],
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 19/40
Subject
Description
Handwritten letter from John Edward Cullum, Valencia Observatory, Cahirciveen, County Kerry, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 3 March 1890. Cullum apologises to Fitzgerald for giving him incorrect instructions regarding a magnet, and mentions doing work on the house. 2pp.
Transcription:
"My dear Sir,
I am very sorry to have to return you the Magnet; it is entirely my own fault in not telling you the house is arranged to observe it from the North. The bar will therefore have to be fitted to that end, and the scale at the South seeking end.
I feel you have just cause to be annoyed with me, for I know how valuable your time must be. You will perhaps be able to experiment with a coating when the bar is dismounted. I find with its fittings it turns the ΒΌ lb. It is necessary I suppose for it to hang in the horizontal plane to determine the scale value, so I need hardly remind you of that.
I am about to tar the roofs, and give the outside wood-work two coats of paint while the weather is dry.
What I said the other day about a disturbance on the 15 Feby. is I find greatly due to a mistake in the reductions. I can use the observation, but nevertheless the magnet was unsteady.
Apologising for all this trouble I am giving you,
Believe Me,
Yours very truly,
J.E. Cullum"
Transcription:
"My dear Sir,
I am very sorry to have to return you the Magnet; it is entirely my own fault in not telling you the house is arranged to observe it from the North. The bar will therefore have to be fitted to that end, and the scale at the South seeking end.
I feel you have just cause to be annoyed with me, for I know how valuable your time must be. You will perhaps be able to experiment with a coating when the bar is dismounted. I find with its fittings it turns the ΒΌ lb. It is necessary I suppose for it to hang in the horizontal plane to determine the scale value, so I need hardly remind you of that.
I am about to tar the roofs, and give the outside wood-work two coats of paint while the weather is dry.
What I said the other day about a disturbance on the 15 Feby. is I find greatly due to a mistake in the reductions. I can use the observation, but nevertheless the magnet was unsteady.
Apologising for all this trouble I am giving you,
Believe Me,
Yours very truly,
J.E. Cullum"
Source
RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters
Rights
Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
Relation
RDS Science Archive
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Type
Coverage
1870-1901
Collection
Citation
Cullum, John Edward, “[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from J. E. Cullum],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed May 17, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1218.