Withdraws article that JH submitted to Cornhill Magazine because, as GS noted, it was meant for different class of readers. But asks for 250 copies to be printed for JH's private circulation.
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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.
Withdraws article that JH submitted to Cornhill Magazine because, as GS noted, it was meant for different class of readers. But asks for 250 copies to be printed for JH's private circulation.
Thanks for superb new information about nebulae in William Herschel's list. Wishes Alexander Herschel could serve as [WL]'s assistant in Valetta. Success of JH's son Alexander in chemistry and meteor research.
JH regrets he will not have time to review paper on Indian meteorology.
Requests return of proofs, in triplicate, of JH's report on a paper on stopping cracks in cement.
Reduction of JH's catalog of nebulae will not be completed before Christmas. HA's success in discovering nebulae and novae. Has compared positions of all nebulae observed by both JH and William Herschel; very few show evidence of shift. Thanks for offering HA's observations, but space in catalog is too limited.
Apologizes for returning WL's letter unopened. JH receives many letters with postage due from strangers and does not accept them. Did not recognize WL's address in Malta. Gives summary of JH's 3 Oct. 1862 letter to WL that seems to have been lost.
Sends £10 to GA, exhausting grant from R.S.L. GA's estimate of 5600 nebulae was too high. Recommends asking R.S.L. for additional £50.
Discusses some of HH's criticisms of JH's translation of Homer's Iliad; JH also remarks on the cause of the Gulf Stream.
Extensive comments on the type and construction of telescope to be supplied to Melbourne University.
Asks what AD knows about the Andersonian Institution in Glasgow, which JH's son Alexander is considering as a place of employment. JH then deals with a problem in probability theory, and concludes the letter with a riddle.
Comments on several nebulae, and on GA's receiving an honorary degree [from Cambridge University].
Accepts an invitation to dine with GA, and adds comments about problems JH is having with his vision.
States that the current patent laws are unjust and would prefer to see them repealed rather than maintained.
Discusses proposed Melbourne telescope, including [William] Lassell's proposed mounting and its implications for observing nebulae.
Has photographs of September 23 . Desires half pictures 'with the sun's limb in the middle of the view.' Cannot yet draw conclusions about the notches of the limb.
Condolences on death of AQ's wife and son. Having lost a daughter, JH sympathizes. Discusses merits of Prince Albert. Lists Belgian Academy memoirs possessed to date. Mentions work on a general index catalogue of nebula. [J. R.] Hind's nebulae and others are disappearing.
JH's catalog of nebulae, reduced to 1880 as originally planned, is nearly complete and consumed all of £20 granted by R.S.L. Seeks £16 more to expand catalog and reduce data to 1860, as recommended by G. B. Airy.
Remarks on JT's papers on radiant heat and related role of moisture. Will send requested sample of rock salt. Explains difficulties using it and hopes JT will have better success, perhaps even repeating JH's experiments.
Reports on and deems fit for publication [William] Hopkins's paper [R.S.P.T., 153, 677-] on theory of motion of glaciers.
Has sent an R.S.L. membership application certificate for GA to sign and send on.