Responds to JH's request [see JH's 1854-10-17].
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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.
Responds to JH's request [see JH's 1854-10-17].
A note to accompany the forwarding of a packet of 'Eclipse Observation Suggestions' [see JH's 1851-4-4].
Is looking for an observer for a newly-mounted telescope in India for the December 1871 eclipse. Would JH's son John be available?
About a title change for the Astronomer Royal's chief assistant.
Congratulates JH on his important new position [Mint]; wants to start seriously to prepare for July 1851 solar eclipse [see JH's 1850-8-18 or later].
Acknowledges the receipt of JH's suggestions [see JH's 1850-12-15]; urges JH to consider going to Norway or the Baltic to see the eclipse.
Wants to determine JH's whereabouts for mailing eclipse observation suggestions [see GA's 1850-12-16].
The eclipse observation suggestions are now ready for printing [see GA's 1851-1-7]; would JH proof read them?
Will send the eclipse observation suggestions in print, not manuscript [see JH's 1851-3-8]; the path of the eclipse has been misrepresented by J. F. Encke's carelessly identified latitudes.
Letter of clarification about the enclosed proof of the eclipse suggestions [see GA's 1851-3-9].
Needs clarification of JH's annotation [see JH's 1851-4-2].
Acknowledges receipt of a parcel of material [see JH's 1855-4-13].
Will communicate with the other committee members about a replacement for the Melbourne University professor who died [see JH's 1855-5-23].
About transferring the Melbourne University funds into a trust account managed by the rest of the committee [see JH's 1855-3-23].
Is trying to clear up matters related to Melbourne University [see JH's 1855-7-8].
The end of the Melbourne University business seems happily now at hand [see JH's 1855-9-27].
A note accompanying a book of observations being forwarded to JH by GA, and coming from Georgetown, USA.
Is passing on a request for a copy of JH's Cape Results from C. L. Littrow of Vienna.
Comments on a contract to be used by the Mint, for its coin manufacturers.
Reports on observations made of one of the Mint's potential contractors [see GA's 1851-4-29].