Note accompanying return of letters [see JH's 1850-6-9 or later].
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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.
Note accompanying return of letters [see JH's 1850-6-9 or later].
A note to inform JH of the death of H. C. Schumacher.
A note accompanying another of HP's meteorological publications.
Sends JH some publications, including one that tends to show that cyclones are electrical phenomena.
Asks for some of JH's memoirs to complete GP's collection. Has observed the comet recently discovered. Comments on one of GP's recent memoirs, and asks if JH has a copy.
Thanks for birthday gift. Health of friends.
JH's new duties at Royal Mint. JH and Margaret staying with [Elizabeth] Baily while searching for residence in London. JH's son William to be examined at Haileybury College in Jan. 1851. Son John is [attending Clapham grammar school] with Charles Pritchard.
Sorry about misunderstanding between WB and Edward Sabine at Kew Committee. Suggests WB write statement to clear things up.
Thanks for congratulations, but JH is not yet appointed [Master of Mint]. Sorry to hear that JH inherits painful disputes. Plans to rely on WB's long experience [as superintendent of Die department].
[A. J.] Ellis was correct; JH used earlier version of proof by [C. F.] Gauss in Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium [1809] and was not aware of newer proof. But Ellis's objection to JH's proof applies only to properties of space.
JH is traveling in Europe and unable to attend meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners on 16 or 22 Oct.
Requests permission to post £20,000 of JH's funds as security bond for JH's position as Master of Mint, rather than calling on JH's friends to act as surety. Will JH also need to pay 'Office Fee,' which Royal Commission of 1849 recommended be abolished?
Inability of JH's son [William] to pass Greek. Concerned that this may delay [William's] entry into Haileybury College. Notes similar inability with languages in JH's other two sons.
Received JR's letter as JH was preparing to leave home. Will consult with George Peacock and reply to JR soon.
Agrees to serve on proposed commission of enquiry into state of Cambridge University, provided that JH may resign if enquiry lasts more than one year.
Accepts position as Master of Mint. Asked Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] to specify housing arrangements for JH. Will reside with friend [Eneas Mackintosh] at 17 Montague Square until JH hears from JR.
Government allowance for JH's residence [in London] is sufficient. Will make necessary arrangements for housing while awaiting official notice to assume Mastership of Mint.
Will report on recent changes in supply and demand for precious metals after JH contacts persons named in JR's letter.
Cannot attend meeting of grant committee tomorrow. Favors grant to print observations made at Armagh Observatory by T. R. Robinson, but with conditions. Protests any grants to public institutions. Mr. Forbes's proposition is too premature to act on it.
Please convey RS's views of changes in organization of Mint.