Reports on location of a planetary nebula. Expresses thanks for book by [Robert] Woodhouse.
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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.
Reports on location of a planetary nebula. Expresses thanks for book by [Robert] Woodhouse.
Some comments about constant error in TM's observations.
Sent as a letter of introduction for Captain [William] Edie, who was hurt on an expedition in southeastern Africa, and who knows much about the region.
Comments on importance of 'geographical observatories' like JL's as complementary to astronomical observatories, and outlines their chief objects of enquiry. Suggests that JL have observational results examined and published, and recommends taking many hourly observations.
Found two planetary nebulae not listed in any catalog; hopes to show them to JH tonight.
Apologizes for his erroneous reduction. Thanks TM for his list of 'Zenith points.'
This letter is being delivered by a Capt. William Edie of the 98th, recently returned from Andrew Smith's expedition up the Caledon River, in the Orange Free State.
Sends papers of astronomical observations by a Capt. J. A. Lloyd of Mauritius. G. T. Napier's projected plan for an observatory at Canton.
After returning to Britain, please deliver the annexed letter to her brother-in-law, Roderick I. Murchison.
Describes various geological aspects of the Cape area and mentions JH's astronomical work. Regrets that RM's brother is leaving the Cape.