Please comment on enclosed letter from Thomson Hankey.
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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.
Please comment on enclosed letter from Thomson Hankey.
Found missing papers, including [James] Pennington's memorandum. Sends them to JH. Please send H. D. Harness's memorandum.
Sends work on shooting stars. Requests all information on telescopic meteors. Realizes that the frequency (nombre horaire) and the variation (variation horaire) of the shooting stars remains unknown. Hopes for global cooperation in this matter. Sends work on total solar eclipse.
Congratulations on marriage of JH's daughter Caroline Herschel. Expects JH has received works sent 1852-12-11. Sends more but assures JH he must not read everything.
Is having letters regarding 'Southern Telescope' sent to JH. Requests JH's remarks, to be read at committee meeting.
Postscript regarding the brothers [Adolphe, Hermann, and Robert] Schlagintweit and funding for their proposed expedition.
Has received papers from TB on Southern telescope [see TB's 1853-1-13]. Wishes to avoid hasty judgment of the matter.
Sends JH a copy of the third edition of his Laws of Thought.
Number of half-crowns minted in the years 1832-53.
Send the names and addresses of any friends who may wish to see the Mint. Thanks for pamphlet on income tax.
Sending letters of introduction for JH's son [William] when he visits India and wishing him success in his appointment.
Talks about things being sent out to Collingwood, about bills and the shortness of money, and the pressure of work at the Mint.
JH looking for some writings by Isaac Newton while at the Mint, but most of that seems to have vanished.
Has been reading AD's article on Mrs. Benton; agrees that AD has made it probable that she was involved in a private marriage. Comments on changing place of women in society.
Saw Mrs. A. Gordon yesterday. Finds that JH dines alone; would be pleased if he would join him anytime when convenient. Had a long letter from Mr. Pellew today.