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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.
Would like him to accept his little work on musical sounds. F. A. Gore-Ouseley has invented some new organ pipes.
Is grateful for his paper on musical scales. Comments on the characteristics of wind instruments. Some friends of his saw a brilliant meteor fall last Tuesday.
Discusses a variety of observations related to double stars, and asks FS to make some specific observations to compare with JH's work. Reveals JH's dream of going to the Southern Hemisphere for a number of years, but asks FS to keep it quiet, as 'many ties' stand in the way.
Is preparing a popular work on astronomical phenomena and would welcome copies of JH's Outlines Astr. and Cape Results.
Is grateful for JH's kind action [see AG's 1863-1-30]. Address the parcels to the London address of Hachette.
Is grateful for the Memoirs. Hopes that JH will think his own work worthwhile when it appears.
Was pleased to receive JH's letter and criticisms on his book Le ciel. Comments on some of JH's criticisms.
Is preparing a new edition of his book Le ciel, which J. N. Lockyer is translating into English. Would like to reproduce new information on shooting stars and meteors and would like JH's assistance.
Has published a pamphlet on the True Figure and Dimensions of the Figure of the Earth, which he sends for his comments. Has had no success with G. B. Airy. Has found an error in J. F. Encke's work on the comet.
Thanks for the pamphlet on the Figure of the Earth, but regrets he cannot agree with its conclusions. Points out some of the more serious errors.
Thanks for his frank statement on his pamphlet, but would like his opinion later when he has studied it more thoroughly.
Has had no further communication from JH and would be pleased to receive any further comments if JH has now read the pamphlet more thoroughly.
Does not agree with the conclusion of JG's pamphlet, nor does he think an expedition necessary. Suggests termination of correspondence.
Comments with great satisfaction on WD's observations, and their close agreement with JH's for many of the same double stars.
Comments on JH's objections. Hopes to print some of the correspondence in his forthcoming book.
The health of Robert Woodhouse is very precarious and wonders if JH would be interested in the Plumian Professorship. Is sure of support.
JH says he has too much work to do to consider the Plumian Professorship [see RG's 1827-11-9].
Further regarding the Lucasian Professorship. Only two candidates left, Charles Babbage and G. B. Airy, and the former is not in a good position. Outlines the duties of the position.
Was glad to see the clause in Dr. Thomas Plume's will. Sees many advantages in the professorship at Cambridge, but still adheres to his former decision not to apply for the position.
Robert Woodhouse is in immediate danger. Urges him to think again before he finally turns down the offer. Would like to visit him and discuss the matter. Can JH come up during the Christmas holiday?