Orders lithograph of enclosed letter and tables for Astronomical Society.
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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.
Orders lithograph of enclosed letter and tables for Astronomical Society.
Orders 30 copies of lithograph.
Leaving for two weeks in Netherlands.
Encloses table of star declinations for 1815 and 1820, received from F. W. Bessel, who used different meridian circles for each year.
Sends circular of F. W. Bessel's 'Declinations.' Sent paper on 25 July for Royal Society of Edinburgh, similar to DB's paper outlined in previous issue [of Edinburgh Journal of Science]. Argues for continuity of color spectrum versus 'per saltum' transitions.
Appreciates JS's support of JH's mother at death of William Herschel. Invites JS to attend WH's remains to grave.
Expresses remorse for JH's inattention to William Herschel while still alive. Lady Mary Herschel's grief. Invites JG to [missing]. Hopes to visit before JG leaves England.
Caroline Herschel is determined to leave England before JH can arrange William Herschel's affairs and accompany her to Hanover. Please notify JH when she is safely settled. JH is too grieved now to write more.
Laments loss of William Herschel's affection; grateful for that of friends. Encloses rare book on 'arcana of Dutch commerce' that JH bought in Amsterdam. Will send list of works on same topic that JH found in library at Hague.
Grateful for GP's sympathy. JH's mother 'dreadfully distressed.'
Requests that JH's letters be forwarded to Slough. JH gave passport to steamship captain, who failed to retrieve letters and lost JH's passport.
JH gave passport to commander or steward with instructions to use it to retrieve mail forwarded to JH in Calais. Lack of response concerns JH. Please procure mail and send it with JH's passport to 9 Downing St. Reward.
Thanks ME for sympathies [on death of William Herschel]. Received ME's list of books on Irish history. Met [John] Brinkley and wife and ME's brother during their visit to England.
Thanks for sympathy. Lady Herschel deeply afflicted. Caroline Herschel showing 'uncommon fortitude,' planning to return to Hanover. Heard that [missing] is beyond recovery; hopes she will be spared pain.
Reluctant to intrude on WW's own sorrow, but grateful for WW's forty-year friendship with William Herschel. Caroline Herschel departing for Hanover.
As executor of William Herschel's will, JH demands payment of half-year's rent on farm, due last March.
Could not locate personal reference named Alexander Mackenzie in Cheltenham. Therefore, JH declines to employ 'F. E.'
Refer to 10 Sept. Morning Chronicle and 7 Sept. Literary Chronicle for biographies of William Herschel. Submit manuscript for JH's perusal before publication.
Despatched JG's 'goods' this week. JH vexed by tenant [Mr. Davenport], who will neither pay rent nor leave farm. Congratulates JG's sister on change in family. Sends £10 for expenses during journey [in Netherlands]. Did Richard Jones return Éphémèrides du citoyen? News of JH's traveling companion Mr. Gibson.
Mary Herschel will not reduce rent. Pay up or leave. Referee shall decide whether D deserves compensation.