Has arrived in London, ready for the wedding on following day [see GP's 1852-12-4].
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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 arrived in London, ready for the wedding on following day [see GP's 1852-12-4].
Writes to ask GP to help publicize the need for candidates for professorships at the University of Melbourne.
Comments on the action of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University.
About the state of GP's health, and plans for a vacation
Is too ill to visit JH as he had intended.
Thanks JH for a copy of his Essays Q.E.R., and adds some family news.
Family news and comments on some of JH's writings.
Note to say the matter of Mr. Lax's examination is not yet organized.
Questions of publishing, including JH's considering the publication of William Herschel's writings.
About the possibility of attending a meeting.
Encouragement to JH for republication of some earlier works, together with news of GP's health.
Arrangements about GP visiting JH.
GP's poor health prevents him from visiting JH as had intended.
Arrangements about meeting JH in London.
Asks GP to participate in the marriage ceremony of JH's daughter Caroline.
Sends copy of B.A.A.S. resolutions relative to South Polar expedition. Will wait for GP to set date for deputation [to meet government officials].
Upset by Cambridge Bill now before Parliament. It contains changes contrary to report from [Cambridge University] Commission. W. H. Bateson will write to John Romilly, and GP writes to JH, both seeking letters to Lord Chancellor explaining this problem.
Will send copies tomorrow to JH and to Bishop of Chester [John Graham] of letter that GP, W. H. Bateson, and Adam Sedgwick wrote to Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple], after consulting with John Romilly. Please sign and return it quickly, so it can be presented to [House of] Lords before Tuesday. Encloses copy of bill.
Condolences on death of William Herschel.
Agrees to host congress at Cambridge to assess data from [magnetic and meteorological] observations. Suggests adding D. F. J. Arago to list. Will include this in GP's address to B.A.A.S at York. [JH annotation: List of five members.]