Attempts a more accurate estimate of work to be done on nebula catalogue [see JH's 1862-6-27].
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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.
Attempts a more accurate estimate of work to be done on nebula catalogue [see JH's 1862-6-27].
In view of the additional costs, should the nebula catalogue be reduced to a 'working list', or should JH go back to the R.S.L. for more money [see GA's 1862-6-29]?
Seeks state of the nebula catalogue so an accurate estimate of the remaining costs may be made [see GA's 1862-8-1].
Expects R.S.L. to provide additional money, but JH will finish work himself rather than go over the amount granted [see GA's 1862-8-12].
Is working on the descriptions of the nebulae for the catalogue [see GA's 1862-9-2].
The reductions are essentially complete; encourages JH in his part of the work and concludes 'It will be a noble work' [see JH's 1862-11-5].
Asks GA for a copy of G. F. J. A. Auwers's nebula catalogue [see GA's 1862-11-17], and a sample of the nebula listing for JH's catalogue.
Anxious to receive final sheets of nebula catalogue from GA [see GA's 1862-11-19], as JH wants to enter the descriptions and complete the work.
Once again anxious about completion of nebula catalogue, and about cost over run [see Edward Stone's 1863-1-14].
Is sending JH the completed sheets of nebula reductions for printing [see JH's 1863-2-6].
Acknowledges receipt of nebula catalogue sheets from GA [see GA's 1863-2-6]; apologizes for JH's anxious letter [see JH's 1863-2-6].
Has found a few minor errors in the calculations checked so far [see GA's 1863-2-6]; comments on magnetic tracings JH received from GA.
Is JH interested in seeing G. F. J. A. Auwers's catalogue of JH's and William Herschel's nebulae?
Might have saved JH some work if he had known what G. F. J. A. Auwers was doing [see GA's 1863-2-20]; has found some more errors in nebula calculations.
Sends GA a list of errors found in the sheets for the nebula catalogue [see GA 1863-5-14].
Provides last list of errors and explains JH's role in detecting them [see GA's 1863-5-26]; is worried about the task of proofreading.
Is working on the correction of calculation errors [see JH's 1863-5-31]; GA and his assistants will deal with the problem of proofreading.
Comments on GA's activity in correcting the calculation errors [see GA's 1863-6-2].
Correcting work is gradually drawing to a close [see JH's 1863-6-4].
Has spent much time on figures and annotations for JH's nebula catalogue [see GA's 1863-6-5]; JH needs information from a paper in GA's hands.