Best wishes to JH on his marriage.
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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.
Best wishes to JH on his marriage.
Of JH's happiness on his honeymoon.
In response to AH's 1828-10-8, JH writes to tell him of William Herschel's ideas on nebulae and the Magellanic Clouds.
Has directed £167-13-6 to be paid to JH's account at Drummond's. Gives list of donors to the fund for new buildings [at Cambridge].
Is pleased that the R.S.L. has decided to publish JG's paper [on logarithms, which JH earlier recommended JG withdraw from consideration; see JH's 1829-1-24]. Please convey JH's thanks to W. R. Hamilton for his letter supporting JG's paper.
JH's and Margaret's honeymoon journey through Buckinghamshire. Concern for MH's confinement.
Poor weather. Visits from Stewart family. James South will write to JH regarding telescope.
Feeling poorly. Finances for employees at Crown Inn. Encloses letter from [James] Grahame.
Has found information regarding [James] Bradley's observation of 1759 comet [see SR's 1824-2-26]. Will send copies if JH wants them. Discusses [James] South's concern for Bradley's observations.
Thanks JH for his suggestions for her paper. Will accept any corrections he makes. Sends warm regards to JH and his new wife.
Honeymooning, JH admits that he is happier than he has ever been. Describes Leamington.
Congratulates JH on his marriage to Margaret Brodie Stewart.
Sending a portrait of herself; CH comments that receiving word of JH's marriage made her look 'a dozen years younger all at once.'
Congratulates JH on 'alteration of state' [marriage to Margaret Brodie Stewart].
Difficulties over his machine. Joseph Clement threatens strike action. Would like to become acquainted with JH's friend. Advice on marriage given.
Reports on meeting of Francis Baily, Francis Beaufort, and JS with Lord Melville on the subject of a new Board of Longitude. Discusses proposed voyage of [James] Ross. Activities at the Astronomical Society. Congratulations to JH on his marriage.
Explains that he does not wish to be a member of the new Board of Longitude; wishes instead to devote his energies to his research. Is leaving to travel for some months [with his bride]; cannot attend committee meetings during this period.
Thanks SR for letter announcing SR's discovery of observation of comet of 1759 [see SR's 1829-3-18]. Asks SR to communicate information directly to [F. W.] Bessel. Will keep SR's letter confidential.
Asks JH to return a musical instrument he had borrowed. Mentions dining with Mrs. Alexander Stewart [JH's new mother-in-law]. Asks JH to look over a sheet of chemical elements to be used as a basis for a mineralogical classification. Invites JH and his bride to visit WW in Cambridge.
Asks JH for advice on a table designed to show the relation between the chemical elements and the known minerals. Asks JH about various problems relating to determining chemical formulas.