Is intrigued by the apparent displacement of several planetary nebulae from the positions found in the catalogues of other observers. Does not know what to think.
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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 intrigued by the apparent displacement of several planetary nebulae from the positions found in the catalogues of other observers. Does not know what to think.
JH is chagrined to note that he forgot to observe the equinox, after having impressed on any and all the need to do so.
Asks TM to measure the position of some stars that are difficult for JH to observe.
Understands from Francis Baily that JH has received the first 88 pages of the Parramatta Catalogue. The remainder has been sent and now encloses the final part.
Has placed £1000 at JH's disposal for whatever use JH and Lady Herschel see fit.
Responds to HP's generous offer [see HP's 1835-1-21] by saying JH does not need the money, and then suggests that HP might want to use it to support the publication of JH's results from his stay at the Cape.
Accepts JH's suggestion about using the offered money for publication costs [see JH's 1835-6-12]; is concerned about the telescope at Cambridge, as G. B. Airy has left for Greenwich; final comments on the comet's effects and the weather.
Is considering issuing a translated edition of JH's astronomical work. All of France awaits the valuable results that are sure to come out of JH's journey to the Cape, and JP will be pleased to translate it.
About race relations in South Africa, and anti-slavery movements in England.
Is much concerned about the conflict between the races.
JH is very disturbed by the fighting between the South African military and the Kaffirs.
Tends to agree with most of what JH says [see JH's 1835-6-2].
Arranges sale of stocks and transfer of funds through Drummond's Bank for use by J. C. Stewart and John Stewart.
Excerpts from JH's letter [n.d.] to Peter Stewart regarding financial investments. Asks for meteorology and tide data in Canton, China.
News about Italy, Haileybury College, and JH's family. Describes colds [disease] at Cape. Enjoyed journal of JS's travels in Europe. James Grahame was author of epigrams [in JH's 1834-7-17]. Family finances. Halley's Comet and solar eclipse of 20 Nov. Asks again for meteorology and tide data in Canton, China.
Sent as a letter of introduction for Captain [William] Edie, who was hurt on an expedition in southeastern Africa, and who knows much about the region.
Tells FB what JH has been able to find out as to the status of N. L. Lacaille's quadrant. JH comments on his own astronomical activity, and comments on the family's delight in [Charles] Piazzi Smyth.
Sends the thermometers he made at sea. Made them as accurately as he could. Introduces Lady William Bentinck.
Discusses readings made by his barometer and that sent from the Observatory by Charles Babbage. Sends publications concerning a new fossil and on geology.
Glad the government has recognized Mrs. Somerville's work. Discusses the hostility toward natives at the Cape and criticizes actions of colonists. Astronomical observing conditions at Cape are very good.