William Whewell is still alive, but struggling. Dr. [Gilbert] French has died suddenly.
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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.
William Whewell is still alive, but struggling. Dr. [Gilbert] French has died suddenly.
Detached postscript that refers to the behavior of William Whewell before his death.
Relays message from Dr. [George] Humphry. William Whewell is conscious but knows he is dying.
William Whewell died peacefully that afternoon. The place of burial has not been determined. WS will speak about him on Friday. Takes comfort in his writings.
William Whewell will be buried in Trinity College Chapel. The thought of speaking about Whewell depresses WS.
Compiling three year series of helioautographs. Wants suggestions for noting the position of planets supposedly influencing sunspots. Discusses a passage from one of Galileo's letters concerning the influence of the planets on the sun's face.
Limited space precludes use of JH's suggestions for the photographic display. Will continue the series of solar autographs up to 11 years if he can.
Has devised a method of exhibiting the photographs of the configuration of the planets. WS's sister, Mrs. George Peacock, will marry the new Master of Trinity [William H. Thompson].
Thanks JH for his sympathy regarding WS's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.
Thanks him for papers he sent. Has finished her last work. Disappointed that science is often devoted to war and weaponry.
Thanks for correcting proof sheets. Discusses JH's and [William] Grove's views on correlating physical forces. Tends to trust JH's views.
Has received works on meteors. Has been working for years with [H. A.] Newton on getting help from observatories in southern hemisphere on meteors. Resumes work on Physique sociale.
Apologizes if AQ has missed answering one of JH's letters. Talks about meteorology of Belgium worked on over 30 years. Wants JH's photo for his work on statistics. Congratulates JH on his son's good work. Has received work from Collingwood and would love to know author.
Expresses good wishes for JH. Talks about aging. Notes JH's interest in poetry. Thanks for 'Of the Estimation of Skill in Targetshooting.' Has given it to [Edouard] Mailley for translation and printing in annual bulletin of Brussels observatory. Asks if JH wishes to be named as author.
Comments on excellence of the lecture at the Royal Institution of JH's son [Alexander].
Wishes to ascertain certain facts for article on history and aspects of photography. Especially, asks where to find first record of JH and [Louis] Daguerre using hyposulfite of soda for fixing photographs.
Thanks JH for helping to clarify origins of Louis Daguerre's use of hyposulfite of soda for fixing photographs. Provides further information on photography, particular solar microscope photography.
In response to a letter from JH [RAS Monthly Notices, 26 (1866), 299-300] giving eye estimations of magnitudes of stars about Epsilon Coronae, suggests that the star JH observed may be 'the new variable' [T Coronae]. Reports Greenwich observations of this new variable star.
Corrects misinformation about refraction and dispersion of mercury ethyl and mercury methyl.
Wonders if mathematical result recently presented by [J. A.] Serret was published many years ago by JH. Comments on recurrence of identical problems in mathematical study.