Sending results of the experiment on the lens of a large animal. Hopes he was not fatigued by the meeting.
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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.
Sending results of the experiment on the lens of a large animal. Hopes he was not fatigued by the meeting.
Forwards some material from William Lamb [Lord Melbourne]; JH wants to stop any rumors that he is available for the presidency of the R.S.L.
Enquiring about some magnetical observations. Sends a memoir of his own work on magnetism.
Sends report on [N. L.] Lacaille's Observatory Stations. Tells of expeditions to Klipfontein. Lack of observing due to absence at Cape. Mural circle must be corrected or replaced. Needs an equatorial telescope. Agrees theodolite telescope would be useful.
Invites RJ to join Andrew Smith and [Damein?] for dinner at JH's tonight.
Will meet with B.A.A.S. committee after WL returns to London.
Copies the inscription on a vase awarded to JH to commemorate his work at Cape Town.
Sends designs of the coat of arms to be assigned to the Herschel family.
Has been looking for Encke's Comet. Compares his own and JH's readings concerning Halley's Comet. Law of comets in relation to Biela's comet. Will shortly be visiting Wilhelm Olbers.
Sending him an engraving, and the Rules of the Bowditch Library. Would like copies of JH's works for this library.
Regarding the catalogue of N. L. Lacaille. Has sent the resolution regarding the Polar expedition to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland). Must postpone introducing the business concerning the Cape Town Observatory.
Has had a letter from William Lamb (2nd Viscount Melbourne) regarding the Polar expedition. Is not interested in becoming president of the R.S.L. in succession to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex). Has he the case of H. C. Schumacher's snuff box?
Thanks for meteorological records sent by EC, and asks for some additional information.
On the state of decorating at the house, the flowers blooming in the garden, and domestic financial arrangements.
Checked June observations of Mr. Robertson in Athenaeum. Found WB's statement correct [see WB's 1831-9-11]. Wrote to Meteorological Society for explanation. Thanks for pointing out difference in March observations. JH is honorary member of [Meteorological] Society.
Thanks for sending JN's Architecture of the Heavens and Phenomena and Order of the Solar System. Critiques the illustrations of nebulae given in these books.
Can leave Lancaster immediately for interview with William Lamb, Lord Melbourne regarding the magnetic survey. Congratulates JH for escaping presidency of the B.A.A.S.
William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, will receive 'our committee.' Has heard that the R.S.L. Council expects JH to become the next R.S.L. president. Requests WW to put an 'absolute negative' to any such claim.
Alerts WW about the upcoming meeting with William Lamb, Lord Melbourne. Asks WW to squelch any reports that JH will be the next R.S.L. president.
Outlining the political situation at the Cape.