Louisa and her husband have arrived safely at Rome. JH poked his right eye with a stick, so now it is red.
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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.
Louisa and her husband have arrived safely at Rome. JH poked his right eye with a stick, so now it is red.
Responds to GA's 1858-6-25, and essentially agrees with GA's assessment.
Describes lodgings taken in London; JH is working hard on his Physical Geography.
JH spent most of the day before in a meeting, and with a man selling an engraving of scientists of 1806.
Describes JH's visit to an old, bedridden friend [Bullar?]; JH has seen son John on board ship at Southampton, and then comments on the beauty of the country, which JH enjoyed as he traveled.
Sends RO a note from G. B. Airy on the inadvisability of having a meteorological observatory in Peking. JH agrees with Airy. When William Whewell arrives for a visit, JH will seek his advice.
Compares in regard to the awarding of the R.S.L.'s Copley medal the contributions of three scientists: Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Weber, and [illegible].
Please distinguish between the genus Wellingtonia and the genus Sequoia.
Discusses the use in photography of a metallic substance named Junonium.
Discusses the use of the stereoscope, including stereoscopic views of the moon and sun. Also discusses the appropriate stereoscopic angle.
Gives a detailed account of the wanderings and visits of JH and son John; among other things they observed a comet at night.
Mostly about arrangements which MH is making for JH's travel to, and accommodation in, Leeds for the B.A.A.S. meetings; JH wants extremely detailed instructions of just what to do. Goes on to comment on the health of the family and JH's own poor health.
Has put son John on board ship and they both looked for Mrs. Russell [?] but could not find her; JH reports on the health of daughter Amelia and about the time of their return home.
Discusses B.A.A.S. business and asks for WW's views on some magnetic observations.
Congratulates WW on his planned marriage to Lady Affleck. Forwards some letters from Edward Sabine.
Forwards magnetic materials written by George Peacock. Hopes to meet with JH.
Discusses various arrangements of the chemical elements, including those of [J. P.] Cooke and [John] Mercer. Asks WW about capillary action.
Thanks for WW's views on capillary action. Asks for facts about George Peacock on whom JH was writing an obituary.
The family is waiting to hear from son John; JH comments on the end of the East India Company's rule in India, and on another newspaper item.
Comments on wind and current charts JH has received from RF.