Expresses his pleasure at RH's new position at the Museum of Economic Geology.
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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.
Expresses his pleasure at RH's new position at the Museum of Economic Geology.
C. P. Smyth receives appointment as Astronomer Royal of Scotland. Again thanks JH for recommendation.
Sends correction to data for Gamma Virginis. Asks if JH has 'considered the puzzle of Aristarchus [lunar crater]' discussed in WS's Cycle of Celestial Objects.
R.A.S. making exception in letting J. H. Mädler's chart be removed for JH. Continues observation of Gamma Virginis.
Sends P. H. L. Boguslawski's address. Asks WS to send J. H. Mädler's chart to P[eter] Stewart.
Regarding magnetic establishments and observations.
Wants information on dispersion/separation of light in plate or crown glass.
Asking him to read GA's medal-speech.
Is enclosing two transcripts of letters from William Simms relating to the object-glass. a. Hopes to give account next week. b. One glass good, other has failed.
Regarding the acceleration of retention of a shrinking sphere.
Passes on information received from Thomas Maclear regarding stars. Has tried to use William Simm's object-glass.
Asks JH to accept a paper EA has written.
Regarding the deed for CB's brother-in-law. Is reading G. W. Leibniz's metaphysical works.
Letter to accompany a gift of part of FB's latest work on psychology and knowledge, urging JH to encourage England to study psychology.
Regarding pens and suitable ink for various types. Further comments on the inscription for Francis Baily's memorial tablet.
Sending proofs and costs of four plates from engraver James Basire. Plate of large nebulae in progress. PS located old style type that JH prefers. Finances prohibit including all plates. JH must select which ones to include.
James Basire to proceed with copper engraving of JH's 'Chart plate.'
Mostly about the health of JH and his wife, Margaret.
CG having now received the Greenwich and Toronto observations, JH invites CG to write further material for the forthcoming publication.
Discourages the continuation of the magnetical and meteorological observations organized by the British.