Is sending him some new additions for the memoir by L. F. Menabrea. Mother keeps well.
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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 him some new additions for the memoir by L. F. Menabrea. Mother keeps well.
Sending him papers on his machine. Would like to see him when in town to discuss various matters. His youngest son has arrived in Calcutta.
Referring him to someone who can advise him on the setting up of a sick benefit society. Regarding CB's automan.
Has just seen Lady Herschel and heard the news of his health. Urges him to come to town for treatment.
How to evade attending the Queen's ball. Thanks for information on the moon.
Remarks on JH's Southern astronomy volume [Cape Results].
Regarding the origins of the R.A.S. Will try and find a substitute trustee.
Regarding his plans for lighthouses. Had a visit from L. F. Menabrea in his absence. Who manufactures the specified telescopes?
Regarding a suitable engraving of William Herschel to be added to William Walker's engraving of a meeting at the Royal Institution.
Advises him to put his house in the hands of a temporary tenant so that he can rest.
Is sending a book of travels by Mr. Tyler, which gives an account of the Mexican stone and flint implements. Alexander Herschel called. The latter's experiments with hydrogen are useful.
Will JH and his son [William] come and dine with him this week?
Regarding the signing of a new document for CB's sister. Has been reading JH's paper on the sun. Wishes he would print a list of all his papers.
Giving details of the secretary of an Italian organization. Is sending a letter of David Brewster's.
Regarding J. F. Daniel[l]'s attack on JH and CB.
Would he like to come for a trip down the river to see W. E. Parry's Expedition ships? Query regarding quartz crystals. Date for Pearsonian dinner.
Has been experimenting with magnetism. Two persons wish to become Foreign Members of the [Astronomical Society?]. Regarding the Lucasian at Cambridge. Would like JH to procure the medal of [Matthew Boulton?] for him.
News of the illness of his son.
The hour of meeting of council is to be altered. Bring his paper on notation.
Is forwarding parcels. Getting ready for some experiments.