Regarding the measurement of the heat and light of the sun by means of the movements of a comet.
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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 the measurement of the heat and light of the sun by means of the movements of a comet.
Regarding JH's remarks on Robert Willis. Comments on the usefulness of W. H. Miller of Cambridge.
Regarding the documents for the Standards Commission.
Is sending a packet of seven papers on metrical and decimal systems.
Regarding the visit by E. A. S. Seymour (12th Duke of Somerset) to the Board of Visitors.
New date for proposed meeting on the Charles [=K. L. C.] Rümker business.
Regarding visitation card for the Royal Observatory for JH's son John.
Wants a paper for the R.A.S. on the Corona star [T Coronae].
Fixing a new time for the meeting to discuss Charles Rümker.
Is glad JH is going to assist with the Standards. Outlines his scheme for the Standards.
Wants JH's opinion on the question of maintaining observatories at Bombay and Madras.
Would like account of shooting stars by JH's son [Alexander]. Gives his observations on the properties of shooting stars.
Thanking him for lecture papers. Has sent his paper on partial differential equations.
Regarding earth currents and galvanic registers. Results of recent experiments on these.
Thanking him for his paper on Indian Standards and systems of measurement.
Regarding the theory of magnetic currents.
Further regarding his theories on sound.
Has received the bill of William Ewart concerning the metrical scale.
Is sending William Pole's protest against the system of equal temperament in music [abstract of protest given].
Stating that the Board of Visitors could not afford to lose the services of JH.