Sends two of his publications, one on terrestrial magnetism at Berlin. Comments on the results, and wonders if JH would enlist the help of the B.A.A.S. to finance further studies by H. J. R. Petersen.
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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.
Sends two of his publications, one on terrestrial magnetism at Berlin. Comments on the results, and wonders if JH would enlist the help of the B.A.A.S. to finance further studies by H. J. R. Petersen.
Did not receive JH's letters as he was away from the University. Rejoices at his news of the B.A.A.S. grant.
Sends an article from the Astronomische Nachrichten acknowledging the assistance of the B.A.A.S. to two Prussian scientists.
Outlines the recent work in terrestrial magnetism by H. T. R. Petersen and himself. Comments on their results.
Thanks JH for assistance in settling matters with the B.A.A.S.; comments about travel plans and magnetic observations.
Regrets that his bad handwriting caused JH to misread some of his remarks. Will try to produce a clearer exposition of his results. Comments on his expositions.
Corrects a misunderstanding about the date to which magnetic observations are to be reduced.
About an application to the B.A.A.S. for a grant to fund the calculations related to reducing the magnetic observations of 1847-48.
Writes to clarify the actions of the B.A.A.S. [see JH's 1870-5-24].
Has sent a note to Nature stating the details of the grant paid by the B.A.A.S. to H. J. R. Petersen for magnetic observations.
Note to accompany a translation of one of GE's writings; also comments on the 'reform' of the German language.
No doubt he has received some of the money granted by the B.A.A.S. Has sent it all to GE as he did not know the address of H. J. R. Petersen. Unable to follow GE's scientific arguments. Require simplification.