Forwarding a letter from C. P. Smyth and a batch of observations from J. A. Lloyd, who intends to visit England next Spring.
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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.
Forwarding a letter from C. P. Smyth and a batch of observations from J. A. Lloyd, who intends to visit England next Spring.
Would he send more details of F. W. Bessel's communication so that it can be read at the next meeting of the R.A.S.
Will send a corrected set of Meteorological Observations later. Has not seen the comet, but has seen many shooting stars. Family is in Paris. Will leave 'planches' of his discoveries at this house and they will be delivered to Lady Herschel.
Received JH's two letters last autumn. Delayed sending observations until JH returned to England. Compared actinometers with those of Mr. Danberry of England and J. S. McCord of Montreal. Encloses letter of introduction to Harmanus Bleecker [American chargé d'affaires to the Hague] .
Found house and 60 acres near Worcester. Needs to know soon if JH is interested. Asks about copper mines on Orange River described by J. E. Alexander [An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa...(1831)]. Believes missionaries may help Negroes there.
Expresses general interest in supporting research in terrestrial magnetism and possibly am expedition of discovery. Will be happy to discuss these matters further with JH.
Esteems it a great honor to receive JH's request. Has searched through all his papers but has a spare copy only of the Third series. Is thinking of reprinting the whole series in one volume.