Sending the first fruits of the enterprise of Dr. J. L. Krapf.
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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.
Sending the first fruits of the enterprise of Dr. J. L. Krapf.
Invitation to dinner for Friday next.
Hastens to acknowledge his letter and regrets the Literary Society will not be able to count JH among its members.
Is glad he likes the idea of projecting more than a hemisphere. Compares his own projection and a stereoscopic projection and comments on the results. Is now having another projection made that should give an accurate map of America.
Thanks for his letter and projection. Compares it with one of his own devising and encloses a chart of the isothermal lines of the Northern hemisphere. Has used a different system for his Cape Results.
Is grateful for his valuable remarks on the various projections of the sphere. Thinks the projection devised by JH to be well suited for isothermal lines. Has constructed a chart of the polar regions for the same purpose. Will try JH's projection.
Sending a copy of the Account of the Principal Triangulation of the United Kingdom.
Sends a list of the principal mountains in the United Kingdom and their altitudes. Has just returned from a tour in Ireland and Scotland; otherwise he would have replied earlier.
Received JH's letter of resignation during ministerial crisis but elected not to present it to Queen Victoria. Send it to GG's successor [H. J. Temple], together with testimony to merits of W. H. Barton as JH's successor. [JH's daughter] Caroline continues well.
Regrets delay in replying. Explains the various editions of Sir William Herschel's works.
Explaining his own idea of probability. [This appears to be the original, which was never sent as Lord Jeffrey died 1850-1-25.]
Sends drawing and statement showing what they are about at the church. Would welcome any assistance from JH.
Regrets he is unable to support his project for the church as he has many more worthy commitments.
Has purchased a pendulum from London and would like JH's permission to suspend it in his barn. Was not entirely satisfied with the experiment at the Polytechnic.
Regarding the Tithe question. Thinks there are some in the parish who would sign a document for JH. Would he let him know the form to adopt.
Considers the education of the lower orders an honorable object, but has never given a public lecture and feels unable to assist.
Outlines the arrangements for allocating the pews in the church.
Comments on his plans for re-seating the church, and other matters.
Pleased to hear that JH was engaged on his old pursuits. Is grateful for pointing out his mistake. Regarding meteorological registration by means of photography.
Sends her a newly minted florin.