Finds mistake in JH publication [Outlines Astr.] that assigned discovery of Hyperion to W. R. Dawes and G. P. Bond without crediting William Lassell.
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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.
Finds mistake in JH publication [Outlines Astr.] that assigned discovery of Hyperion to W. R. Dawes and G. P. Bond without crediting William Lassell.
Has read JH's article 'with great pleasure.'
Sends JH copy of his work on Mediterranean; answers some of JH's questions.
Thanks JH for a copy of the new edition of Outlines Astr.
Elaborates on JH's questions concerning the Mediterranean. Refers him to Capt. [T. A. B.] Spratt.
Regarding a possible successor to U. J. J. Leverrier at the Paris Observatory.
Regarding an observer for the forthcoming eclipse.
Encloses copy of a letter addressed to GA from Toronto University (dated 30 October 1858 and stating that the Toronto Observatory has not been closed in spite of what the R.S.L. and B.A.A.S. joint committee have stated). Difficulties because of Edward Sabine's illness.
Wishes to introduce an American friend, Professor Stephen Alexander, to JH.
Requesting JH's support for his application for the position of Professor of Geometry at Gresham College.
Has written a book on elementary harmony and would like to send it to JH for his views on its worth.
Had no idea that JH had written on sound. Sends him an abstract of his book on harmony. Explains various aspects of chords and their notation.
Has sent him the abstract on harmony. Further remarks on this.
Is grateful for his comments on his book on harmony. Explains one of his theories more fully.
Sending him local paper so that he can see how the Oxford news has been received. Corporation of Southampton has come into a legacy.
Is pleased to hear of his support for the Young Men's Association at Leeds. Is reading the new edition of JH's Outlines Astr.
Regarding the financial affairs of JH.
Arrangements for JH to meet him to arrange the sale of stock.
Regarding a difference in their observations of a certain star.
Would like JH's presence at the distribution of prizes at the Oxford Middle Class Examination at Town Hall. His support of the scheme, which he thinks the most important event in his memory, will be very welcome.