Sends a letter of praise for the family Herschel, including especially JH and his father, William.
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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.
Sends a letter of praise for the family Herschel, including especially JH and his father, William.
JH, 'completely broken in health,' ceased to be Master of Mint in Apr. 1855. Successor is Professor [Thomas] Graham of University College. Keep Master informed of stock of dies for coins in Sydney. Glad that EW's office as deputy-master is independent of colonial government. Regards to Charles Elouis and J. Triskett.
Final pay approved for JH. Thomas Graham has not yet received full authority [as JH's successor]. Production of Crimean Medal. No success in finding Benjamin Wyon's model of Kaffir Medal in War Department. Encloses reply from Philadelphia Mint regarding new weighing machine. Shipment of copper to Sydney branch mint. Cost of producing Kaffir ribbon. Wyon's dies are breaking.
Sign and return three enclosed letters from Cambridge University Commissioners to Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple], John Russell, and Lord Chancellor [R. M. Rolfe] regarding amended Cambridge University bill.
Returns three letters [related to Cambridge University Commission], approved and signed. JH is 'utterly incapacitated from writing.'
Circular regarding coinage of florins, approved by W. E. Gladstone, plus enquiry sent to English bankers and JH's abstract of replies from bankers, are all stored at Mint. [James] Wilson may obtain copies there. Will forward GR's letter of 14 May 1855 to Mint and ask that these papers be located.
Encloses papers sent to JH from Treasury. R. F. Suft has responses from principal bankers in England; send copies of these at once to [James] Wilson.
Told John Romilly that JH cannot attend meeting to review amendments to Cambridge [University] bill. Large protest meeting by university residents yesterday. Believes Lord Chancellor [R. M. Rolfe] will abandon bill. GP's view of how amended bill should distribute authority at university.
Appeals to Lord Chancellor [R. M. Rolfe] are producing great changes in [parliamentary bill for new statutes at Cambridge University]. But Heads of Houses are angry. William Whewell's responses are 'arbitrary and despotic.' Extreme agitation at Cambridge.
A letter to accompany Frederick McCoy's 1855-3-9, indicating that it seems appropriate to pay the bills. One of the professors just appointed has died in Australia.
Will communicate with the other committee members about a replacement for the Melbourne University professor who died [see JH's 1855-5-23].
About transferring the Melbourne University funds into a trust account managed by the rest of the committee [see JH's 1855-3-23].
Regarding the non-arrival of his star catalogues. Thinks that four volumes will finish the observations.
Results of observations using the G. B. Amici micrometer.