Thanks for the gift of the meteorite to the British Museum; an official letter of thanks will follow later.
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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.
Thanks for the gift of the meteorite to the British Museum; an official letter of thanks will follow later.
Is greatly obliged for the present of flowers. Has introduced another Herschellia into the world as he has used the name for a Disa.
Will be pleased to examine the dried plants. Send them to the Horticultural Society's Garden, Turnham Green.
Has opened the box of dried specimens, but they are unsuitable for his purpose as they are not flat. Suggests that King's College or University College may be a more suitable home for them.
Is working on horticultural considerations of Cape plants and would welcome information on the temperature just below the surface of the soil in relation to the temperature of the air.
Was pleased to hear of the success of JH's exertions. Comments on the instruments required. Thanks for his communication on the copper ring; will try it with the bifilar. W. H. F. Talbot talks of applying the photographic method to meteorological and magnetical instruments. Encloses a paper.
Has ordered the instruments for the Van Diemen's Land observatory. Is uncertain regarding the third magnetometer; T. C. Robinson's has not yet been tested. Will order a dip circle from Paris.
Has just had a letter from C. F. Gauss regarding the hours for observations; comments on this.
Finds that he misunderstood Edward Sabine's statement and may have misled JH. Comments on the observations desired from the Antarctic Expedition.
Has he succeeded in obtaining a Daguerrotype for J. C. Ross? Thinks one or two would be desirable. Has got one himself and obtained good results. Two of his family are ill, which brings him to town. Hears that JH has got colors, which is a great step.
Please accept her heartfelt thanks for his kindness.
Presents suggestions for improving and extending Land Station observatories. Will study parallax of Alpha1 and Alpha2 Centauri. Government will survey the colony. Quarantine due to measles outbreak. Boers hostile.
JH's letter of 9 Feb. has left him in high spirits. Is also pleased TM's paper was communicated to the R.S.L. Will make arrangements to collect parts of the meteorite and send the 4 lb. part to JH. G. B. Airy consents that Greenwich Mural Circle be sent to Cape Observatory. Will request more engineering personnel for Colonial Survey.
Mr. Zahn and John Truter in search of more meteorite specimens. Truter obtains a specimen near site of impact.
Sends another meteorite specimen. Mr. Zahn sends group to Bokkerveld to seek more specimens. John Truter describes specimens in possession.
Encloses letters concerning [William] Reid's Laws of Storms. Discusses problems obtaining money for Meteorology Society from government. Reports mural circle working well. Receives another meteorite specimen.
J. M. Craig requests TM to send meteorite to British Museum. TM asks JH to transfer the specimen sent earlier to the Museum.
William Mann arrives with compensation bars. Receives six men for transportation of equipment to Land Observatories. Military possession of Natal ends. Foundation laid for college at Government Gardens.
Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has again placed him on a committee to translate and publish foreign scientific memoirs.
Is working on a memoir concerning animal electricity. Would like to present it to the R.S.L. and wonders if it would qualify for a prize.