Will visit JH on 27 May.
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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 visit JH on 27 May.
Apologizes for delay in responding to JH. Wrote to JH yesterday about AM's plan to visit Collingwood.
Enthusiastically approves of JH's 'Half Dozen Propositions Respecting Gold Coinage.' Will distribute copies at Carlton Club.
Will send B.A.A.S. grant for £40 directly to G. A. Erman for reduction of Gaussian constant unless WS hears differently from JH.
Acknowledges receipt of 'present' from [H. J. R.] Petersen.
Acknowledges receipt of letter and papers from G. A. Erman.
B.A.A.S. in Liverpool approved £50 grant to G. A. Erman, to be administered by Erman and JH, for computation of Gaussian constant for 1839.
Explains error in B.A.A.S. report on grant for G. A. Erman. Will notify George Griffith.
Requests testimonial from JH to assist FW in obtaining better appointment on Society's library staff.
Comments on JH's concerns about actinometric measurements [see JH's 1870-9-20]; recommends the study of periodicity of waves on Atlantic Coast.
Reports on status of John Robinson's eye following cataract surgery.
Announces business meeting of Council on 11 Mar.
Mrs. W. Vivian is visiting south of France.
Would support the application for a grant [see JH's 1870-5-12], but would like to see some changes in the way calculations are made.
Note to accompany forwarding of a letter; remarks on T. R. Robinson's upcoming cataract surgery.
Responds to proposals of JH [?], and comments on the problems of the Royal Mint charges for coinage, especially coinage for foreign authorities.
Refers to several items of correspondence, and then comments on the calculation of Gaussian earth-constants to a higher power than has been done to date.
Informs JH of plans for JH receiving 5 pounds of coca he had ordered.
Encloses letter giving charges for 5 pounds of coca ordered by JH [see PR's 1870-4-1]. Asks how PR should pay.
Will mention JH's subject for investigation to Sir William Thomson. Is busy with Committee on Ships of War.