Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] wants to avoid coining new silver money for Commissariat and for Colonies if these can be obtained through Bank [of England]. JH will receive such request today from Western Australia.
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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.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] wants to avoid coining new silver money for Commissariat and for Colonies if these can be obtained through Bank [of England]. JH will receive such request today from Western Australia.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] authorizes increasing salary of W. H. Barton to £700. Write official letter to this effect with full details, as if no previous correspondence had occurred. [Prime Minister] John Russell approved appointment of W. T. Brande's son as supernumerary clerk in Mint. Treasury is now ready to receive JH's budget for 1852-53.
Does not understand difficulty with Benedetto Pistrucci. Expects BP to be available for employment whenever needed. Whether BP should execute a particular work is JH's decision, not BP's.
Argues cogently against the policy of the Council [see JH's 1852-1-16]; is continuing his work on the standard yard.
Writes to inquire as to the whereabouts of the Richard Sheepshanks's papers [see GA's 1851-11-25].
JH having liked RP's book on Egyptian chronology, asks JH for a testimonial for position in Department of Antiquities at British Museum.
A note accompanying some letters related to the Sydney Trust [see GA's 1851-12-31].
Thankful the process is over and pleased with the results; has no testimonials [see JH's 1852-1-3].
Has found the missing testimonials; if the chosen candidate cannot go, send the next one in line [see JH's 1852-1-9].
Apologizes for the business of the missing testimonials [see GA's 1852-1-14].
Has sent three letters of introduction for JH's son [William J. Herschel?]. Says he will be accepted in the best society because of his accomplishments and name.
Agrees with JH's proposal regarding travel money for Sydney University professors [see JH's 1852-1-29].
Asks JH to keep memoirs JT sent with regard to JT's application for position at University of Sydney.
A note to add to a previous letter.
Apologizes for unwarranted familiarity used in previous letter requesting JH's evaluation of the scientific work of [Humphrey] Lloyd.
Agrees with papers demonstrating falsity of present methods of correcting barometer for moisture and 'dogma of one gas being a vacuum to another.'
Suggests possible times to meet with JH.
Presents JH with a work [Lezioni di astronomia by François Arago and translated by EC] on the foundations of astronomy. Discusses the beauty of the science.
Encloses item that is not to be distributed.
Explains in detail his photographic method for producing landscapes on paper.