Asks JH to recommend a reviewer for a popular book on astronomy.
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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.
Asks JH to recommend a reviewer for a popular book on astronomy.
Thanks JH for recommendation [see GS's 1866-3-2].
The Master of Trinity [William Whewell] died this afternoon. Regrets that his first letter from Cambridge brings such news.
Thanks JH for his lectures [Familiar Lectures] and praises his style. Has encouraged Clarendon Press to ask JH to write a short treatise on inductive logic.
Acknowledges receipt of JH's letter and fungi spore specimens. The letter was read and specimens exhibited at last meeting. Offers thanks.
Trying to ascertain the time for the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites. Wants to know the proper correction for his own telescope.
Sends observations of circumpolar nebulae originally published in the Astronomische Nachrichten. Hopes calculating their motion will eventually be possible. Wants JH's opinion on GR's work.
Asks JH to give 2 or 3 lectures on astronomy in the upcoming course at his school. JH declines the offer in an attached draft of a response.
Sends observations of additional circumpolar nebulae. Notes differences between his observations and those of JH. Hopes to determine positions of very faint nebulae in the future.
Criticizes Charles Rümker's catalogue of southern stars.
Need to meet to discuss the question of publishing Charles Rümker's star catalogue [see JH's 1866-4-20].
Discusses [John] Hennessey's proposal [see ES's 1866-8-11]. Suggests sending achromatic along with a qualified observer. Thinks Alexander Herschel might be suitable for such a post. Melbourne telescope progressing rapidly.
B.A.A.S. appointed Committee to explore astronomical and meteorological possibilities in India. Considers [G. G.] Stokes's recommendation among the best. Suggests meteorological experiments.
Discusses current debate over placement of telescope in India. Discusses various possibilities for telescope.
Says William Whewell has fallen from his horse and has been injured. Thanks JH for a paper he signed for the R.S.L.
William Whewell has gotten up to walk several times. The left side of his body and face is still 'not quite right.'
William Whewell slightly improved. Dr. [George] Humphry has been elected professor of Anatomy. Is indebted to JH because of the paper he sent to the R.S.L.
William Whewell seems to have permanent damage to his brain. Whewell has an article in MacMillan's Magazine regarding Auguste Comte's philosophy.
William Whewell's symptoms are worse, but his mind is still active.
William Whewell's nieces have little hope for his recovery. Whewell is anxious about his article on Grote's Plato for MacMillan's Magazine.