Briefwechsel Tobias Mayer
| Kurzinformation zum Brief | Zum Original |
| Autor | Bird, John (1709-1776)[1] |
| Empfänger | Best, William Philip[2] |
| Ort | London |
| Datum | 7. August 1755 |
| Signatur | Universitätsarchiv Göttingen: Kur. 7254, Bl. 285r-286v |
| Transkription | Hans Gaab, Fürth |
To
Mr: Best
[Bl. 285v]
London 7.th August 1755
University of Göttingen [Bill?] of John Bird
| A Mural Quadrant of 6 feet Radius | 260 | : | - | : | - | |
| Packing cases and Packing | 5 | : | 8 | : | - | |
| Paid Waterage to the Custom house | - | : | 7 | : | 6 | |
| ------------------------ | ||||||
| £ | 265 | : | 15 | : | 6 | |
| Pre.d | 130 | : | - | : | - | |
| ------------------------ | ||||||
| Remain due £ | 135 | : | 15 | : | 6 | |
[Bl. 286r]
Sir
I believe I have wrote a great deal more
than will be found neccessary, for I make no
doubt but the Gentleman who is to use the
Quadrant, will understand the connexion of
of[!] the several parts, as soon as he see's
them, but as my intent was to make every
thing plain, hope you'll make some apology
for
Sir
your most obedient humble
Servant John Bird
London 7.th August 1755
The Quadrant with all its apparatus is contain'd
in three cases and mark'd University of Gottingen
N.o 1, N.o 2, N.o 3.
[Bl. 286v]
The neglegence of the Broker
gave me a great deal of trouble
I went to him upon change
a week before I was ready to
get the cases out of my house.
himself appointed the day
they should be ship'd, but when
I went down to see it done, no
Entry had been made, neither
did the person who he directed
me to, knew any thing of them.
therefore was obliged to land
tham at the Custom house there
instead of putting them on board
the ship. I sent on of my
People the next day to see that
care was taken of them; he met
with the Broker who I understand
blames me for not giving him
proper notion, by which it is quit
clear he had totally forgot them
They are ship'd on board the Christian John Beasing Commander
Fußnoten
- ↑ Der bekannte Instrumentenhersteller John Bird (1709-1776) hat den Quadranten für das Göttinger Observatorium 1755 verfertigt.
- ↑ William Philip Best war Privatsekretär des englischen Königs Georg III. und als solcher für die hannoverschen Angelegenheiten zuständig. In seiner Lebensbeschreibung schrieb Michaelis zu ihm, dass der geheime Sekretär "damals mir unbekannt und nachher mein naher Verwandter" gewesen sei. Die beiden waren Vettern, worüber Michaelis der wichtigste Verbindungsmann von Mayer nach London geworden ist.