Sends a copy of RG's History of Physical Astronomy as a token of his admiration for JH's work.
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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.
Sends a copy of RG's History of Physical Astronomy as a token of his admiration for JH's work.
Carrington will be communicating with JH regarding Ignatio Porro's instruments. Pleased to hear of the projected new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Is engaged translating D. F. J. Arago's Astronomy. Points out omissions in this work. Comments on the planet Neptune.
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.
Has received a letter from Sir George Lewis stating that he has been appointed to the chair of Practical Astronomy at Glasgow University. Is grateful for his support.
Thanks RG for a copy of the History of Physical Astronomy; comments on the behavior of cometary tails.
About possible changes in the second edition of JH's Outlines Astr. due to the writings of another astronomer, Ignatio Porro.
About viewing the solar eclipse, and the many errors in G. B. Airy's Lectures.