Discovered a telescopic comet on the confines of Camelopardes [sic] and Cassiopeia. Sends observations.
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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.
Discovered a telescopic comet on the confines of Camelopardes [sic] and Cassiopeia. Sends observations.
Comments on his observations made that year in the Alps. Hopes to return again with more instruments.
Sends unpublished volume written at the request of HH's children. Experiments with soap bubbles. Heard that JH translated first canto of Dante's Inferno.
Has written privately to the Chancellor of the Exchequer enclosing JH's letter. Thinks this preferable to asking the question publicly. Will be spending Whitsun at Bedgebury.
Has written to Edward Sabine about the unauthorized use of JH's name on a B.A.A.S. petition for uniformity of weights and measures.
Is grateful that JH has allowed him to insert his opinion in the passages in his own work. Regrets the trouble he has been put to.
Would like to quote his authority in matters connected with the passages in the pyramids.
Returns his letter, which he finds so interesting he would like to call on him personally respecting it. Has written to Mr. Perning concerning the longitude and latitude of the pyramids. Has arranged to send vol. 1 of the great pyramid at Gizeh.
Has a work on Elementary Physics almost through the press; it is intended for the young. Hopes to construct an instrument to measure amount of chemical action in the solar rays. Would like JH to speak to a member of the Government about a position RH would like.
Was delighted to receive news of the birth of JH's son. Has been suffering from headache herself.
JH is being subtly chastised for missing a meeting that the Prince of Wales attended.
Has just received his note. Will consider JH's views in regard to the new road.
Astronomical matters.
Has read his article on the Musical Scales. Has been working at a theory regarding the scales based on laws derived from the Bible. Submitted it to Dr. [H. J.?] Gauntlett, who was impressed. Would like JH's opinion.
His first series of illustrations are temporarily bound up and if JH likes he can borrow them for six months. Would like to retain Mr. Corda's book for a little longer.
Has examined the papers JH left with him and has no objections to the calculations; comments on these. Will forward an additional remark to Francis Baily.
Was gratified to hear that JH had agreed to devote Wednesday to the examination of the physical and mathematical classes. Is grateful for JH's help and sacrifices.
Regarding the rates for JH's house.
Has read the lecture with great delight and returns it as requested; would like to borrow it again at some future date to show it to other people.
Has been away from home since he sent the last books. Now sends the Secretary's and Treasurer's books; comments on these books and their makeup. Presumes the person who collects the money should have a small account book.