Is bewildered in his old age by the new theories of James Croll on the glacial epochs. What does JH think of these theories? Sees no proof of glacial action in Paleozoic times.
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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.
Is bewildered in his old age by the new theories of James Croll on the glacial epochs. What does JH think of these theories? Sees no proof of glacial action in Paleozoic times.
British Stationery Warehouse received JH's instructions today. Gives prices and delivery time of 'despatch box.'
Sends a copy of the third edition of his book, The Bank of England. Requests JH's support in his study of the subject.
Thanks for his letter regarding chemical calculus. Further comments on his theories.
Is grateful that JH will preside at the prize giving. Gives details of the various prizes.
Notification that three volumes of the Melbourne Astronomical Observatory have been dispatched.