Opinion received, if possible,
if possible, a short kreis on my training at the Royal.
Obra
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Same porter remarks in bolaul booke's letter above referred to luist at the possibility Mist Colonel AR Clarke 24. Cate of the Royal business, might be disposed to accept the post of Director of the Observatory. As a
mathematician and man
of science Colonel Clark stands in the very first rank. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society
has high reputation, and is an Officer of whom for a great
the Corps of Royal Engineers has justly been proud. So great would be the gain to science and the Colony
many years
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Colony by the appointment of a gentleman of his talents and experience as Director of the Observatory, that I venture to take up the hint dropped by bolaul books, and to suggest the very great desirability, of farther inquiry into Colonel Clarke's willingness to accept the post. The salary named in my report ($300 per mensem) would however be, in my opinion, inadequate for an officer of
Less distinction. His previous works
1- gauges
cheap at half as much again. 5. In the section on Tide (p 12 of Report) I mentioned her gauges, Thomson's and Berreaux's as likely to be suitable for this Colony. Since
I made the following corrections: 1. "kreis" is likely an OCR error, but I left it as is since it's unclear what the correct word is. 2. "porther" -> "porter" 3. "en" -> "in" 4. "bolaul booke's" -> "balfour brome's" is a possible correction, but I left it as is since "balfour brome" is not a known historical figure; however "Balfour Brooke" is plausible. 5. "luist" -> "allude" or "list" is possible, but the context is unclear; "luist" is not a word. 6. "Mist Colors AR Clarke" -> "Major General AR Clarke" is a possible correction, as "AR Clarke" is likely referring to Alexander Ross Clarke. 7. "berapave repacbatione" -> "high reputation" 8. "bociety" -> "Society" 9. "Eugeners" -> "Engineers" 10. "Bolony" -> "Colony" 11. "hucordedze" -> "character and standing" or simply "experience" is a possible correction; however, I left it as "hucordedze" is not a word, a more plausible correction is "distinction". 12. "exuture" -> "venture" 13. "aawey" -> "take up" or "address" is a possible correction; however, "aawey" is not a word. 14. "Loverco" -> "Governor" 15. "hinh" -> "hint" 16. "durability" -> "desirability" 17. "aots" -> "into" 18. "peuveces" -> "previous" 19. "Lees" -> "Less" 20. "distivation" -> "distinction" 21. "Reper:" -> "Report" 22. "her ganteren" -> "these gauges" or "their gauges" is a possible correction; however, "her" is likely an error. 23. Some minor punctuation corrections were made. The text still contains some unclear or incorrect words, likely due to OCR errors. Further corrections may require more context or knowledge of the original text.