Regarding object planes for the telescope.
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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.
Regarding object planes for the telescope.
Giving abridged history of the establishment of the new Board of Visitors to the Royal Observatory. Details concerning the Nautical Almanac. Standards commission.
Offering JH an opportunity to buy a copy of a bust of Mary Somerville.
Responds to JH's 1844-7-28 about stiffening a vertical circle; comments on other astronomical matters.
Many thanks for the autographs, which she will pass on to her niece.
Requesting autographs for her niece.
Sends rough notes on Francis Baily's interests and works. Has not heard from W. S. Stratford lately.
Mr. Malby has obtained copyright of 36' globe and intends to lay down nebulae, also double stars. Is JH's work [on double stars] likely to be finished soon? Should wait for this work.
Takes great interest in Mr. Malby's globes as he is writing an article on the uses of globes. Comments on the work of Malby.
Revising JB's Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. Requests details of JH's family.
Regrets JH was dissuaded by arguments grounded on human pettiness. Explains why AW took strong stand on currency issue. Assurance that AW respects JH and did not paint him as evil.
Seeks explanation for apparent oscillation of patterns on mat when viewed only by peripheral vision.
Went to the York meeting of the B.A.A.S. hoping to see JH, but was disappointed to hear he was not there. Would assure him of his friendship and esteem for his work.