A note to thank JH for sending some Latin verses of his own.
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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.
A note to thank JH for sending some Latin verses of his own.
Asks JH to sign enclosed certificate over [Charles] Darwin's signature. JS will take it to B.A.A.S. meeting in Dundee next week.
Comments on GA's theory of the thermo-electric origin of terrestrial magnetism.
Wants to send JH and [John] Stewart memoirs of her father, [Josiah] Quincy. Praises JH's Iliad translation) and his Cape Results. Introduces her nephew, General [?] Quincy.
EQ may forward packages for JH to [John] Stewart in London. Discusses [James] Grahame. Pleased EQ liked his translation of the Iliad.
Asks JH to sign memorial for [John?] Stevelly. Discusses excited reaction to [Michel] Chasles claims regarding Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton.
Is very pleased with resolution about the observations of Charles Rümker [see Edward Sabine's 1867-8-30].
Sends JH poems for possible publication in a selection edited by Charles Daubeny; asks JH to identify the one which he wants in the volume.
Thanking him for his paper on Indian Standards and systems of measurement.
Regarding the theory of magnetic currents.
It appears that the Indian government has now approved the introduction of the metric system; JH is very upset.
Expresses GA's contempt for those who legislate for others without knowing what they are doing; GA is talking about the Indian legislation [see JH's 1867-9-12].
Has heard that he has been suffering from the cramp and suggests a few remedies that he himself has found beneficial.
Her husband is well again and her own health is much improved. Would be interested to know which photographs he likes best and why.
In one of JH's letters he mentions a name of a forger; was it G. B. Libri? It would not be easy to detect a forgery.
Further points on the Michel Chasles forgeries.
T. A. Hirst is trying to get Michel Chasles to give up his authority.
Provides sources of information about polarization, spectroscopy and solar physics for son John, who is continuing his preparation for observing the solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-9-12].
Has been observing sunspots and talks about sunspot cycles; JH is glad to see that son John has been practicing observing with the spectroscope in preparation for the Indian solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-6-12].