Is sending an unpublished pamphlet on dioptric lights and would be glad of his opinions as he is claiming public recognition.
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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.
Is sending an unpublished pamphlet on dioptric lights and would be glad of his opinions as he is claiming public recognition.
Has heard that he has been suffering from the cramp and suggests a few remedies that he himself has found beneficial.
Gratitude for gift of JH's Cape Results, not yet received. Send copy for [St. Andrews] University through Smith, Elder & Co., booksellers to the university. Concurs with JH on names for asteroids.
Having now learned that the offensive article in the Edinburgh Review was by DB [see DB's 1831-12-1], JH writes in surprise that DB could have written what he did, and requests that JH's letter [see JH's 1831-11-25] be returned unpublished. JH will decide how to proceed.
Mr. Murray will bring to DB two papers by JH, one on hyposulfurous acid and one on mathematical analysis, plus requested abstract of JH's and William Herschel's 'last papers' in R.S.P.T.
Letter to [Edinburgh Philosophical] Journal calling attention to 1809 article by [Paul] Erman of Berlin, which some say anticipated JH's 1824 Bakerian lecture on 'Motions produced in fluid conductors when transmitting the Electric current.' JH compares both papers, admits Erman's priority on some theoretical points but claims originality for JH's experiments.
Agrees to write several articles on mathematics, and one on astronomy based on William Herschel's work.
Sends one mathematical article on isoperimetrical problems and asks to write the article on variations as well.
Further about additional mathematical articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; comments on DB's intention to start a new 'superior' science journal.
Note to accompany the sending of some papers; JH is off to Paris.
Some additions to an article submitted about hyposulfurous acid; comments on work by J. B. Biot on polarization and double refraction of crystals.
Sends a paper on mother of pearl; apologizes for confused state of paper on hyposulfurous acid.
Thanks for, and comments on, DB's 1819-9-18.
Sends paper on deviation of tints. Comments on findings. Encloses crystals of carbonate of lime, which exhibits the system of rings. Regarding his own paper on Mother of Pearl and his indebtedness to DB. Comments on nomenclature for light.
Accepts, with thanks, DB's offer to propose JH for membership in the Royal Society of Edinburgh; some comments on DB's 1819-12-9.
Sends signed certificate for admission to Royal Society of Edinburgh; the Cambridge Philosophical Society has just been formed.
Arrangements for paying dues to the Royal Society of Edinburgh; some comments about light passing through crystals.
Clarifies areas of disagreement with DB in JH's explanation of the results of colored tints of light passing through polarizing crystals.
Sending all his papers on the deviations of tints, suitably amended to give DB due acknowledgement. Queries regarding some of DB's statements. Supports his theories in a new paper he has written for the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Accompanies a paper JH was submitting to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Discusses motion of light rays in Apophyllite and various optical writings of DB.