Intends applying for the chair of Practical Astronomy at Glasgow University. Outlines the work he has already done in astronomy. Would like a testimonial from JH.
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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.
Intends applying for the chair of Practical Astronomy at Glasgow University. Outlines the work he has already done in astronomy. Would like a testimonial from JH.
Is grateful for the testimonial JH has sent, and will be pleased to use it in support of his application to Sir G. C. Lewis.
Announces funeral of Robert Stephenson.
JH appointed to a committee including George Wilson, David Brewster, Clerk Maxwell, William Thomson, and William Pole to study color blindness. They will be granted £10.
Proper procedure for communicating with Charles Grey. Cost and effectiveness of self-registering instruments versus older visual instruments. ES's method of estimating observatory expenses. Importance of observatory in Shanghai.
Extract of letter from Charles Grey, asking B.A.A.S. to inform Prince Albert of estimated expenses for proposed five-year survey of terrestrial magnetism. As president of joint committee of B.A.A.S. and R.S.L., JH should answer this. Entry of three U.S. observatories may eliminate need for observatory in Newfoundland. Recent visit to Kew by A. T. Kupffer suggests that Russian stations may soon have self-recording instruments. Proposes suspending observatory in Falkland Islands until colonies decide to join survey. Dutch observatory in Java. Describes buildings needed for observatories. Estimates expenses for six years.
Concerning the publication of JH's Telescope.
Miss B. Baily is delighted with the account of JH, and of his son in India. She has recovered from the cold and hopes that Lady Herschel is feeling better.
Wavelet in garden stream is gone due to scarce water, but EW describes it from memory. [Husband] Walpole adds measurements. Returns note from R. B. Kane. EW hurt that her word about Elizabeth Baily was doubted by Lady K. B. Kane. Thanks JH for accepting EW's claim.
Would like a testimonial from JH which would prove useful when he retires. Points out his value to JH when he analyzed the metals used.
Is grateful for JH's testimonial, which will doubtless be of great value.
Sending a stereoscopic photograph of the gibbous moon and requesting information on various points. Has recently taken many photographs of the moon in various states.