All his friends are pleased to hear of his safe arrival at the Cape. Sends a cutting from the Athenaeum, which announces the fact. Is anxious to know if he obtained any observations with his barometer.
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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.
All his friends are pleased to hear of his safe arrival at the Cape. Sends a cutting from the Athenaeum, which announces the fact. Is anxious to know if he obtained any observations with his barometer.
Congratulations on his success. With JH's information he soon detected the fellow in the mural circle. Gives readings. As the sky is clear he will have another night at the mural circle.
Giving details of his facial paralysis.
Has taken the liberty of sending James Fayrer with his levers for JH's advice.
Gives news of his seizure. Gives readings for JH's nebulae. William Meadows will point out the observations in the transit book.
Describes Wynberg's climate, plants, scenery, and social customs. Margaret's collection of flower paintings. 20-ft. telescope became active on 26 Feb. Duncan Stewart departed today aboard Claudine. Thank Peter [Stewart] for papers sent to JH. French Academy awarded medal to JH.
Has heard from Charles Babbage about JH, JH's father, and their telescopes. Describes telescope commission. Hopes to get to know JH better.
Saw a 'small round perfectly defined body' last night that looks like a planet.
Found a 'very fine' planetary nebula. Unable to learn anything conclusive from TM's microscope readings. JH's observation tower is erected and is currently being plastered.
Happy that TM is handling his facial paralysis so well; JH believes that it is due primarily to anxiety and overwork.
Observations on the weather of the past winter. 42 Virginis. Printing of [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Has written article for the Penny Cyclopaedia. Refracted light in prisms. Machine for polarization of the sky. Petition to Parliament to abolish religious tests for degrees at Cambridge.
Meteorological Observations and Journal appears to be defunct. Fears that he will be unable to recover any of the papers.
Should have written earlier to thank him for the useful catalogue of stars. Weather has been fine, but he is still waiting for his eye tube from William Simms. Remarks on Orion's nebulae.
After a very candid analysis of his own strengths and limitations in learning, JH surveys mathematics and empirical science, noting the works of highest quality and greatest accessibility. JH then provides an analysis of historical inquiry and the allied area of political philosophy, stressing the importance of statistically based studies. Concludes by a discussion of philosophy, especially logic and methodologies of inquiry.