Comments on several nebulae, and on GA's receiving an honorary degree [from Cambridge University].
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Comments on several nebulae, and on GA's receiving an honorary degree [from Cambridge University].
Partly identical to JH's 1851-11-16, but with different information about some candidates.
A note about the receipt of papers from Richard Sheepshanks.
Still arranging the next meeting of the Sydney Trust [see GA's 1851-12-4].
Still trying to arrange a meeting of the Sydney Trust [see JH's 1851-12-4].
A note along with letters from R. A. Cauchoix, the telescope maker, and [J. C. Spencer,] Lord Althorp, about the B.A.A.S.; JH is trying to clean up observation reports before leaving for the Cape.
Accepts an invitation to dine with GA, and adds comments about problems JH is having with his vision.
Comments and further material on some candidates for the Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-12-21].
Differences of opinion about the best candidates for the Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-12-26].
About a procedure to make a final decision about two of the Sydney University professorships without having another meeting [see JH's 1851-12-27].
Encourages GA to write a letter in support of time off for John Hind.
John Hind has been granted time off with pay to recover his health [see JH's 1851-4-2].
Comments on the ease of calculation in geodesy in JH's version of the English system of units, and asks GA for some clarifications as JH prepares the seventh edition of his Outlines Astr.
Has heard nothing beyond what GA has said [see GA's 1849-9-25], but agrees with GA's assessment of the situation.
Still not finished with the process [see JH's 1851-12-30].
Is circulating JH's votes for the remaining Sydney University professorships [see JH's 1851-12-31].
The process of selection of the two remaining Sydney University professors is complete [see JH's 1851-12-31].
Many of the testimonials sent to the Sydney Trust are missing [see JH's 1852-1-2].
One of the candidates chosen for a Sydney University professorship may not be free to go on time; still missing testimonial letters [see JH's 1852-1-3].
Asks for details about a strange drawing of Jupiter JH had seen at the Royal Observatory some months earlier, and offers some comments about Warren de La Rue's eclipse photographs.