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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.
Sees by the announcement that he is to be out in April. Is there anything he can do in the way of proof reading? Is preparing answers to 65 queries of S. J. Loyd (1st Baron Overstone) on the decimal coinage.
Sending a little joke on a political theme. Further regarding a query of JH's on a rabbit. Gives a problem on a polygon. Meteorology is peculiar as weather does not appear to be governed by any laws.
Returns his cancel, which he found very amusing. Mrs. De Morgan is now at Hampstead suffering from an incurable complaint. Further comments on the beats of musical consonances and Robert Smith's theories.
Hopes his health is improving. Where can he find the article expressing adjectives in algebraic symbols? Went to the R.A.S. in July and found much as usual. Mrs. De M. now at Hythe with the children. Elizabeth Baily appears to be in excellent health.
S. J. Loyd's (1st Baron Overstone) queries and the work of the Commission on the Decimal Coinage. Is sure he read the algebraic adjectives in the Memoirs of the Analytical Society. May be related in some way. His wife is slowly recovering. Has JH read about the Devil's Elixir?
Has received a list of witnesses whose answers have been printed for Thomas Spring-Rice (1st Baron Monteagle).
Hopes the Indian mail has taken a weight off JH's mind. George Peacock is anxious that JH should be in their plot regarding the introduction of the decimal coinage.
Will send the proofs. Has heard all about JH's ancestor [Hercules]. Miss Louisa has committed manslaughter.
Has the proofs. Gives some queries concerning them.
S. J. Loyd (1st Baron Overstone) has agreed that the papers be presented to the Crown. Pray let him have his proof as soon as possible.
Write to Mr. Richerly for as many as he wants. Has sent proof to George Peacock; might send one to the Dean of Salisbury. County persons are capital people for their purposes.
Forwarding a copy of a letter written by GD's father in which he quotes from JH's writings. Is grateful for the tribute he paid to his father at the B.A.A.S. meeting.
Discusses an edition of Antoine Lavoisier's works [3 vols., 1862-65] edited by JD. Comments on the edition and on the arrangements for JH receiving it.
All is well. Hope JH hears 'good accounts from India.'
Reliability of barometer and thermometer measurements from balloons. Compares results of several European observers. Suggests new expedition to Teneriffe [Canary Islands].
Cannot answer JH's question about electricity in heavy showers. Observations were discontinued years ago. Refers to Francis Ronalds's past experiments. Cites 1849 B.A.A.S. Rep. for map of storm observations. Notes changes in polarity of electricity during storms.
Preparing for wedding. Thanks JH for present. Happy that JH's daughter 'Lou' [Margaret Louisa Herschel?] will be bridesmaid.
A note of thanks upon receipt of a copy of JH's Cape Results.
Has been unable to find the copy of the marriage settlement [for Margaret Louisa Herschel?].
Is honored by his kind invitation to visit him, which he hopes to accept. Has great respect for JH's work.