Believes there is to be a new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Points out some queries regarding some of the stars listed in the previous edition.
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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.
Believes there is to be a new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Points out some queries regarding some of the stars listed in the previous edition.
Is grateful for the trouble JH has taken in annotating the proofs. Will send him a copy of the book when printed. Thanks also for the atomic dialogue.
Regrets that the weather has delayed his reply. Has now been able to get W. Bonsey's opinion on the valuation of JH's property at Slough; comments on this. Building land not much in demand at present.
[Printed notice] Literary and Philosophical Society will meet on 29 Dec.
Unpublished Harvard list contains nine nebulae published in [G. F. J. A.] Auwers's catalogue of novae, because those were first discovered at Harvard. Thanks JH for pointing out two others already published, which GB will exclude from list. Admits possibility of 'illusions' in some. Asks JH to compare results in C. F. Gauss's article on achromatic object glass. Sent copy of T. H. Safford's article on companion of Sirius.
Submits WH's ideas on moon's influence on weather. JH's son Alexander owes WH a letter.
Acknowledges receipt of comments regarding Melbourne University telescope.
Observations of cloud patterns after storms.
Proposes modification to balloon gondola for scientific research.
Proposes hypothetical problem in physics of gravitation involving three unequal bodies falling equal distances. Asks JH to respond in Good Works.
Asks JH to review paper on Aristotle's physics by George Henry Lewes, whose letter to GS is enclosed.
Thanks JH for reviewing George Henry Lewes's paper [see GS's 1863-12-16].
Describes debate at R.A.S. over the nature of the 'willow leaves.' Different parties argue that the 'leaves' are solid, precipitate, or non-luminous gas.
Is sending JH copies of recent book [JT's The Great Pyramid].
Is returning correspondence on Southern Telescope Committee and the Melbourne telescope. Comments on the working of the scheme.
Regarding the work of Thomas Maclear.
Regarding JH's remarks about colored fringes in the clouds.
Thanking him for his statement about solar motion.
Gassiot has just informed him of his experiments on the sun's light. Importance of this in relation to present theories.
With his permission she hopes to send his letter with the memorial to the Treasury. Will let him know the outcome.