Comments and further material on some candidates for the Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-12-21].
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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 and further material on some candidates for the Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-12-21].
A note about papers sent and received [see GA's 1851-12-21].
Some business relating to the Sydney Trust [see GA's 1851-12-23].
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].
Has some difficulty with JH's proposal [see JH's 1851-12-30], but accepts it and makes his choices for the Sydney University professorships.
Still not finished with the process [see JH's 1851-12-30].
A note to accompany the forwarding of a packet of 'Eclipse Observation Suggestions' [see JH's 1851-4-4].
Wants to determine JH's whereabouts for mailing eclipse observation suggestions [see GA's 1850-12-16].
The eclipse observation suggestions are now ready for printing [see GA's 1851-1-7]; would JH proof read them?
Will be happy to proofread the material [see GA's 1851-3-7].
Will send the eclipse observation suggestions in print, not manuscript [see JH's 1851-3-8]; the path of the eclipse has been misrepresented by J. F. Encke's carelessly identified latitudes.
Letter of clarification about the enclosed proof of the eclipse suggestions [see GA's 1851-3-9].
Note to accompany return of printed text [see GA's 1851-3-31], with one annotation enclosed.
Needs clarification of JH's annotation [see JH's 1851-4-2].
Responds, clearing up the misunderstood instruction [see GA's 1851-4-3].
Comments on a contract to be used by the Mint, for its coin manufacturers.
Reports on observations made of one of the Mint's potential contractors [see GA's 1851-4-29].