Regrets delay in replying. Explains the various editions of Sir William Herschel's works.
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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.
Regrets delay in replying. Explains the various editions of Sir William Herschel's works.
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.
Has difficulty in providing Mr. Loyd with a pew; would she object if he moves the pew occupied by her servants to a different part of the church? Hopes JH did not catch a chill yesterday.
Outlines the arrangements for allocating the pews in the church.
Comments on his plans for re-seating the church, and other matters.
Requests an address of a Mr. Macintosh in order to inquire about a lecture topic.
Asks JH to sign a petition to allow a parishioner to marry his late wife's sister.