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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.
Regarding the testimonial for W. S. Stratford, would like to be included among the subscribers. Hopes Stratford has found beneficial employment.
Regrets his health prevents him from attending the dinner in honor of W. S. Stratford. Will discharge his debt when called upon.
Sending some observations on a comet which appeared last month. Has had the pendulum up for some weeks but has been unable to carry out many observations owing to official duties. Has been working a good deal on occultations. Wishes some had been published as they are of great practical use.
Had no report he could offer the Astronomical Society. Outlines the situation in Chile. Hopes to arrange the material on his recent voyages in the form of a book.
Has requested his friend Thomas Henderson of Edinburgh University to call on JH. Would be pleased if JH can help him in any way.
The mistake was mutual; hopes to see him Friday for dinner.
Hopes to see him next spring, in England. Teodoro Monticelli often inquires after him. The steam boat goes on with great success. Small earthquake at Messina. Has toured the crater of Vesuvius. No news of Turks or Christians.
Is grateful for being recommended as a member of the Astronomical Society. Thinks the Society will confer great benefits in the field of astronomy.
Thanks for the double star catalogue of JH and James South; comments on observing Encke's and Biela's comets.
A note to accompany one of CH's writings, together with some comments on comet sightings.
On the apparent unevenness in the space between Saturn and its rings.
Morichini will be gratified to see JH when he returns through Rome. The Abate Feliciano Scarpellini is also desirous of meeting JH; he is one of the foremost makers of instruments in Italy. Weather is just becoming hot, so hopes he gets through his Sicilian tour before the heat increases.
Answers to his queries regarding fees at Cambridge and amount of living allowance necessary.
Enclosing a draft for his dividend, which he hears will be the last. Hopes he changes his fellowship for a better one, but would be pleased if he would delay his decision for a while.
School at Sedbergh is vacant; please let him know if he wishes to become a candidate. [Miles?] Bland is candidate for a valuable living in Cheshire.
The Lucasian Professorship will shortly become vacant. Hopes JH will become a candidate for this chair, once occupied by Newton.
Encloses draft. On the point of leaving College for Staplehurst, where he will be pleased to see JH whenever he is in the neighborhood.
Requesting the opinion of JH's late father on the nebulae in Orion.
Did not pass near JH's place when he came home; otherwise he would have returned JH's mirror. Returns next Monday and will be pleased to call if JH can offer him a bed. The storm did no great damage here, but at Chislehurst it turned a house inside out.
Felicitations on JH's marriage.