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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.
Was pleased to see his handwriting again especially as he had heard that JH had died. Elizabeth Baily was upset by the death of Richard Sheepshanks. Will be going down for the funeral tomorrow and hopes to meet G. B. Airy and William Simms. Both of JH's daughters have corresponded with him over his health.
Is glad to hear that his health is improving. Has been preparing the wording of a tablet to be erected in memory of Richard Sheepshanks. Sends a proof of one of his theorems.
Was pleased to hear from Elizabeth Baily that JH is improving in health. Knows a doctor who can produce jaundice. Plan is on foot to publish Francis Baily's travels in America. Hopes JH will allow his life of Baily to be included. Monument to Richard Sheepshanks is under consideration.
Was pleased to see his signature again and to hear that he is in good spirits. He will turn into a chemist. Will send him a proof of his article and appendices upon Francis Baily.
Thinks of putting JH's notes at the end of the life [of Francis Baily].
JH's handwriting is improving, which shows he is on the mend. Does not propose to show the failure of the scale. Quotes an error in his Latin.
Submitting a vote for JH's comment. Quotes various points of Latin grammar.
Is glad to hear his health is improving. Has heard that JH is holding a large reception for all his descendents. Is progressing well with the book [on Francis Baily]. Sends a puzzle in spherical trigonometry.
Corrects calculations relating to arbitrary constants in HW's previous letters. Encourages JH to avail himself of this information in second edition [of Examples of Finite Differences (1820)] .
Relative to previous letter [see HW's 1855-1-7], HW found two possible equations, due to ambiguity of signs.
EW writes for Elizabeth Baily, who communicates what she can remember to help JH commemorate her brother Francis Baily, who left a journal of American travels that Miss Baily hopes to make public. Found list of Francis's works that ought to have been forwarded to JH. Miss Baily would like to meet with JH in October or November.
Congratulations on JH's election as one of the eight foreign members of the French Institute.