Would like an introduction to JH so that RM can send him the final proofs of a book he has been working at, which has been returned unopened from the Institut de France.
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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.
Would like an introduction to JH so that RM can send him the final proofs of a book he has been working at, which has been returned unopened from the Institut de France.
Arranged for Maggie Maclear to be met after her arrival in England and for her trip back to Cape Town.
Requests observations of Eta Argus. Margaret Herschel travels on the continent. Liberal Party under William Gladstone unsuccessful with reforms.
Writes of children's accomplishments. Discusses possible changes in nebula near Eta Argus.
Congratulates TM on receiving knighthood. Sends recommendations and makes inquiries concerning Harold Maclear's schooling.
Expresses condolences on death of Mary Maclear.
Britain's change to the metric system displeases JH. Anxious for completion of TM's work, on arc of meridian measurements. Completes 'Catalogue of Nebulae.'