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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.
Has read some extracts from JH's Prelim. Discourse and would be grateful if he has an old or soiled copy to dispose of.
Sending an account of an earth shock at Wrotham on 3 Sept. and inquiring if it was noticed at Hawkhurst.
Unable to give in a letter the practical geometrical results he has worked out from the laws of the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid. It would grace a history of Egyptian astronomy.
Thanks for his letter. Any astronomical observations can be recorded on a plane or spherical surface. 108 equal cubes will exactly fill the coffer in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid.
John Murray has shown him JH's note. Is pleased to have an article from JH for the Quarterly Review on his observations. Hopes he will show the influence of the moon on the weather.
Has recently read in the papers JH's correspondence concerning the weather. Would like an article on this subject from JH for the Quarterly Review. Comments on the influence of the moon on the weather.
Thanks for letter regarding his prediction of the floods. May be partly to blame as he did mention certain happenings that could be the result of solar phenomenon. Comments on this. If WP communicates this to a paper would like two or three copies.
Thanks for valuable and interesting letter; has sent copies to the Glossop Record and Manchester Examiner and will send copies of the papers should the letter be printed. Will be glad to know the results of his valuable observations.
JH's letter has appeared in the Glossop Herald and Manchester Examiner. Has ordered copies and will send some to JH. Has sent a copy to Sir Henry James.
Requests autographs of William Parsons (Lord Rosse) and William Herschel for JM's collection.
According to JH's instructions, portrait of late Robert Stephenson will be sent to 37 Tavistock Place. Thanks for JH's approval of paper on color blindness by CM's friend Mr. Pole. Would Pole be eligible for R.S.L. membership?
Criticizes point in [recipient's] scheme for issuing bank notes.
Sent packet to JH last week containing publications listed in ES's bibliography of recent magnetic surveys.
Thanks JH for reading his preface to The Genesis of the Earth and Man, and expresses the author's gratitude that JH believes the book will be interesting.
Lists magnetic books received from ES. It will be some time before JH can direct his attention to magnetic issues.
Thanks JH for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.
Was very pleased to receive another of JB's works. Glad to be associated in his revelations concerning molecular and polarization powers. Recall their past meetings and hopes to renew acquaintance in Paris at some future date.
Regarding the missing publications of the Academy that JH has not received. Further regarding polarization in molecules.
Hopes that JH will attend the luncheon when J. R. Townshend (3rd Viscount Sydney) inspects the 37th Kent R.V. battalion.
Would like the opportunity of publishing a work for him.