R. I. Murchison has forwarded JH's letter about the noises at Nakkus in Sinai. Has heard the noises several times and thinks they are caused by the movement of sand. There is much static electricity in sand.
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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.
R. I. Murchison has forwarded JH's letter about the noises at Nakkus in Sinai. Has heard the noises several times and thinks they are caused by the movement of sand. There is much static electricity in sand.
Much obliged for his kind notes on sunspots; there has been a wonderful variety lately. Will make a study of the Julian dates. Can see the Crystal Palace fireworks splendidly from his house.
Is preparing a sketch of Sir John Lubbock for a weekly, and would be glad of JH's opinion regarding Lubbock as a man of science and his advanced political views.
Comments on the quality of some of the double star observations in print.
Subscriptions for Sinai survey fund are nearly complete. Survey party will embark for Alexandria aboard Ripon on 24 Oct. Will send account books to JH and R. I. Murchison. Will not need JH's astronomical instrument.
Gratitude for JH's generous testimonial on RM's behalf.
Discusses [William] Sharpey's view of JH's opinion of [Henry] Brougham's optical writings. Asks for JH's advice on presenting meteorological observations. On observations of an eclipse.
Thanks JH for information regarding Henry Brougham [see ES's 1868-9-29 & 1868-10-8]. Also for comment on polarization of aurora. Encloses Captain [John?] Hay's letter, but not plate.
Sent JH's remarks to Mr. Titterton at Ely. Will endeavor to maintain accuracy. The remarks about Jupiter's action are contrary to the general consensus that planets in opposition close up spots.
Thanks for proofed pages. Received Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn. Finished determining by electric means the different observational longitudes of Leiden and Brussels.
Hopes that JH will contribute series of papers under heading, 'A Life's Retrospect in Science,' from various periods of JH's career, for publication in Good Words.
Thanks JH for his pamphlet on musical scales.
Further regarding the theory of sound.
Is grateful for his article on musical scales. Queries regarding musical sounds. Has had to leave his old abode due to building operations.
Was pleased to receive JH's translation of Dante. Wished he lived near enough to pay them a visit.
Thanks for his article on musical scales. Will read it later when he has time. Comments on the system of equal temperament. Will send some of his own papers later.