Is well satisfied with the names JH has suggested for the satellites, but wonders whether the continental astronomers will accept them. Is puzzled by the orbits of two satellites.
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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.
Is well satisfied with the names JH has suggested for the satellites, but wonders whether the continental astronomers will accept them. Is puzzled by the orbits of two satellites.
Found he had made an error in his letter of yesterday. Encloses an amended table.
Intends to use JH's names for the satellites of Uranus in a communication unless JH has any objections.
Thinks the climate of this country is unsuitable for good observations and is thinking of setting up his telescope in Malta. What does JH think of this idea? Can JH provide an introduction to the Governor of Malta.
Illness has prevented an earlier reply thanking him for his introduction to the Governor of Malta. Expects good results in Malta.
Has been given every facility to erect his telescope in Malta. Atmosphere has been excellent for observations. Has studied the satellites of Uranus and the ring of Saturn; the latter is puzzling. Has been astonished with the views of Orion.