Says William Whewell has fallen from his horse and has been injured. Thanks JH for a paper he signed for the R.S.L.
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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.
Says William Whewell has fallen from his horse and has been injured. Thanks JH for a paper he signed for the R.S.L.
William Whewell has gotten up to walk several times. The left side of his body and face is still 'not quite right.'
William Whewell slightly improved. Dr. [George] Humphry has been elected professor of Anatomy. Is indebted to JH because of the paper he sent to the R.S.L.
William Whewell seems to have permanent damage to his brain. Whewell has an article in MacMillan's Magazine regarding Auguste Comte's philosophy.
William Whewell's symptoms are worse, but his mind is still active.
William Whewell's nieces have little hope for his recovery. Whewell is anxious about his article on Grote's Plato for MacMillan's Magazine.
William Whewell is still alive, but struggling. Dr. [Gilbert] French has died suddenly.
Detached postscript that refers to the behavior of William Whewell before his death.
Relays message from Dr. [George] Humphry. William Whewell is conscious but knows he is dying.
William Whewell died peacefully that afternoon. The place of burial has not been determined. WS will speak about him on Friday. Takes comfort in his writings.
William Whewell will be buried in Trinity College Chapel. The thought of speaking about Whewell depresses WS.
Compiling three year series of helioautographs. Wants suggestions for noting the position of planets supposedly influencing sunspots. Discusses a passage from one of Galileo's letters concerning the influence of the planets on the sun's face.
Limited space precludes use of JH's suggestions for the photographic display. Will continue the series of solar autographs up to 11 years if he can.
Has devised a method of exhibiting the photographs of the configuration of the planets. WS's sister, Mrs. George Peacock, will marry the new Master of Trinity [William H. Thompson].
Thanks JH for his sympathy regarding WS's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.