Will send his man to C. R. Weld. F. W. Bessel will be in good time for council. Is glad he is on the last chapter.
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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.
Will send his man to C. R. Weld. F. W. Bessel will be in good time for council. Is glad he is on the last chapter.
As instructed, sent 14 copies of JH's book to James Hayday, bookbinder. Confirms style of binding, lettering, and folding of plates requested by JH. One hundred copies will be finished by end of week.
Has not yet received copies [of JH's Cape Results] from Smith, Elder & Co. [Algernon Percy,] Duke of Northumberland called to discuss binding but made no decisions. Awaiting JH's instructions by return post.
JH's servant died in accident yesterday. Encloses papers addressed to AP but intended for [Count Jarnac?]. Suggests how to obtain help from [H. J. Temple] Lord Palmerston without appearing to violate rules. [G. H. Gordon] Lord Aberdeen shows no interest. Purpose of JH's 'memorial' to Lord John Russell was to obtain pension for Thomas Maclear.
Encloses proof of Dedication to be inserted in presentation copies [of JH's Cape Results]. Book will be ready soon. Forwarding copies would result in great expense and half would be lost. Let recipients be notified and send for their copies. Sends three lists of individuals and institutions to be so favored. Expects unavoidable omissions.
Received JH's lists of suggested recipients [of presentation copies of JH's Cape Results]. Wishes to discuss them with JH.
James Hayday is recommended as best bookbinder [for Cape Results]. Explanation of how to bind copies for royal patrons. Encloses list of eleven royal recipients and Hayday's address. What shall AP do with JH's correspondence with late Hugh Percy?
Will send 13 copies [of JH's Cape Results] for royal recipients to bookbinder James Hayday. Appropriate to bind all other presentation copies 'in Boards.' Please return letters from late Hugh Percy. Return incomplete copy of book to Smith, Elder & Co. JH suggests changes in epigraph and preface to express better HP's and AP's contribution to Cape Results.
AP's name should not appear in dedication of JH's Cape Results. Consulted friend; awaiting reply. But will accept whatever JH wishes.
Considers it proper that AP's name be associated with [Cape Results]. Explains importance of public support of science by prominent persons.
Satisfied with JH's decision [to include AP's name in Cape Results].
Requests permission to include JH on list of '[Five?]' presidents of hospital.
Agrees with GA [see GA's 1847-6-11] about paying up accounts.
Encourages barometer observations in Mediterranean and Atlantic. Admiralty should support B.A.A.S. request for shipboard observations. Will probably not see WB in Oxford.
[Responding to WH's 1847-6-16], JH doubts that JH's endorsement of [William H.] Harvey's candidacy for professorship of botany would have much credibility. Does hold Harvey in high esteem.
Asks for details of several actinometers.