A note to arrange a meeting to discuss the propriety of continuing the Kew Observatory.
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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.
A note to arrange a meeting to discuss the propriety of continuing the Kew Observatory.
Comments on the quality of the star catalogue of Charles Rümker [see John Wrottesley's 1866-4-16].
Comments on Charles Rümker's observations and agrees to a meeting [see John Wrottesley's 1866-5-12].
Responds to meeting arrangements [see GA's 1866-5-24].
A note to accompany forwarding of papers and letters relating to Charles Rümker's observations [see GA's 1866-5-31].
Is very pleased with resolution about the observations of Charles Rümker [see Edward Sabine's 1867-8-30].
About the question of an astronomer for a vacant position at Kew Observatory.
Forwards a letter about the Venus parallax expedition [see GA's 1848-9-21], and adds some comments.
Reports that William Lassell has written to say he has discovered the 8th satellite of Saturn.
A note with a copy of JH's article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, together with some papers to be forwarded to James Glaisher.
Seeks GA's assistance in solving a puzzle in the mathematics of rotating bodies.
Does not really want to be involved in this venture [see GA's 1854-4-5 and JH's 1854-4-10].
Agrees to an informal meeting and will organize it [See GA's 1854-4-7].
Is organizing a meeting to begin narrowing the field of candidates for the Melbourne University professorships [see JH's 1854-4-7].
As GA cannot attend meeting, JH seeks his opinions on certain questions [see GA's 1854-4-11].
The circulation of material begins [see GA's 1854-5-25].
Many applications and testimonials regarding Melbourne University professorships have arrived. How soon would a meeting to reduce the numbers be useful [see JH's 1854-5-30]?
Assesses most of the candidates for the mathematics professorship at Melbourne University [see GA's 1854-6-13].
Is swamped with the demands of the Melbourne University professor search [see JH's 1854-6-16] and major upheavals at the Mint.
Clears up confusion about one candidate for the Melbourne University professorship by realizing there are two with the same last name [see JH's 1854-6-16].