Lady Mary Herschel feels great sorrow, but her health is fair. Caroline Herschel is distracted by her return to Hanover. Hopes present extraordinary season will favor Henry Kater's observations. News from [Maria] Edgeworth.
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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.
Lady Mary Herschel feels great sorrow, but her health is fair. Caroline Herschel is distracted by her return to Hanover. Hopes present extraordinary season will favor Henry Kater's observations. News from [Maria] Edgeworth.
Upset that editor printed William Herschel's will. Falsehood of accompanying editorial. Cancel JH's subscription.
Instructions for sale and transfer of stocks according to William Herschel's will, and for payment of legacy to Johann Dietrich Herschel. Meet in broker's office at noon tomorrow.
Heard of Herapath's new powerful geometry methods. No new views of differential calculus on Continent. Refers to those of William Spence annexed to JH's Mathematical Essays...(1819). Explains object of combinatory analysis, popular among Germans. Has not seen M. C. T. de Damoiseau's paper on lunar theory.
Will deduct money owed for meat from D's rent, up to William Herschel's death. Rent after 24 Aug. 1822 must be paid in cash to Lady Mary Herschel.
Lady Mary Herschel asks that S referee dispute with tenant farmer Mr. Davenport, if latter should leave before lease expires.
Requests corrections on a paper JS was publishing with JH. Urges JS to use less excessive language.
Thanks for the publications by FB that FB sent. JH has sent the copies to the persons FB designated. Discusses the 'enigmatical difference in the places of the stars as observed here & on the Continent.' Cannot explain this.
Thanks for the publications sent; lists materials JH is sending JL. Asks about quality of Josef Fraunhofer's large telescopes. JH read part of JL's letter of 2 Jan. 1822 at Astronomical Society meeting. Discusses proper motion of sun, JL's work on latitude of the pole star, observatory clocks, micrometers, and the Cambridge Observatory.
Informs FA of his election as an associate of the Astronomical Society. Includes message for Alexis Bouvard.
Sends first volume of the 'Transactions' of the Astronomical Society to the Philosophical Society of New York.
Discusses the pros and cons of GE's proposal that [J. C.?] Schenck, a Swiss maker of optical instruments, set up a business in London. JH is not sure that JH ascended Mt. Rosa, but is certain of JH's barometric reading. Interested in GE's method of estimating air temperature.
Lays out various practical rules for the determination of the radii of a double acromatic object glass.
Thanks WW for drawing of Monte Rosa. Comments on a recent political election.
Gives advice on WW's planned trip to Europe. Asks WW to contact various scientists there on JH's behalf.
Has delayed answering his letters owing to the health of his father. Grieves to hear of the health of FF. Board of Longitude are fully behind FF. Does not agree with some of FF's proposals.
Announcing his election to the Astronomical Society. Would welcome any communications. Sends reports to M. A. Pictet and thanks for his communications on barometric height. Would be very pleased to be of assistance at any time.