Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].
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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.
Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].
Wants more information about a Venus parallax expedition.
Comments about the proposed Venus parallax expedition and their method of measurement [see JH's 1848-9-24].
A note accompanying papers related to Melbourne University.
JH and GA together with Robert Lowe and Henry Malden are to find four professors for Melbourne University [see GA's 1854-4-4].
Suggests a meeting to discuss whether to agree to act for Melbourne University [see JH's 1854-4-6].
May not be able to make meeting [see JH's 1854-4-10].
Making some additional arrangements along with meeting [see JH's 1854-4-10].
Writes to arrange a visit to Collingwood.
Agrees to a procedural matter for the selection committee for Melbourne University [see JH's 1854-5-12].
Agrees to a meeting [see JH's 1854-6-11], and comments on one possible candidate for a Melbourne University professorship.
Sends acknowledgment for meeting date and receipt of letters [see JH's 1854-6-17].
Must use the information available, and so need to select the next candidate in line for the Melbourne University professorship [see JH's 1854-6-20].
Believes that deadlines must be adhered to regarding search for Melbourne University professors [see JH's 1854-7-12]; adds comments on other candidates.
Seeks current information about the selection process for the Melbourne University professorships [see GA's 1854-7-15].
Agrees to meeting date [see JH's 1854-8-14].
Responds to JH's interim arrangements [see JH's 1854-8-18].
Agrees that JH should write to the Melbourne University authorities and point out some concerns [see JH's 1854-8-16].
Rumor has it that Australia is short of cash; can only wait and see [see GA's 1854-8-17].
Offers some thoughts on JH's problem [see JH's 1857-9-29], but needs additional time before commenting more fully.