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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.
Invitation to dinner next Wednesday.
Invites JH to come to see the flowering plants in Syon gardens.
Margaret Herschel will avail herself of the offer [see AP's 1850-6-9]; inquires what is happening to the letters from AP's father that JH had given to AP.
Note accompanying return of letters [see JH's 1850-6-9 or later].
Sorry about misunderstanding between WB and Edward Sabine at Kew Committee. Suggests WB write statement to clear things up.
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.
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.
Gratitude that Louisa sustained her resolution and resisted temptation. Trust mother [MBH] if in doubt.
Stunned to learn that WB's letter to Edward Sabine was interpreted by B.A.A.S. committee as WB's resignation from Kew Observatory. Encloses copy of resolution terminating WB. Plans to fight it.
Failed to obtain interview with Edward Sabine. B.A.A.S. committee considers WB finished [see WB's 1850-6-14], yet claims rights to WB's report on luminous meteors, which WB submitted after involuntary termination. WB wants report returned to him. Plans no more work in science. Thanks JH for ten years of assistance and kindness.
Does not want JH to enquire into the University of Oxford. JH may resign at the end of the year.
Asks JH's opinion on candidates for Copley Medal to be presented in November.
Encloses letters pertaining to committee decision, proposed by G. B. Airy and regarding which JH wrote a letter, to grant aid to Armagh Observations.
Thanks JH for remarks on his father's astronomical contributions. Graciously receives JH's Cape Results.
Describes JH's decimal coinage system as he would like to see it introduced.
Has the two copies of the book reserved for JH and Lady Herschel. Will send them later.
Regarding a certain Mr. Ray who applied for the position at Ormskirk. Is thinking about the removal of his observatory. His illness has upset his plans.
R.S.L. sent JH's ['On the Algebraic Expression of the Number of Partitions...' (1850)], asking HW to judge its merits for publication in R.S.P.T.
Review of JH's paper [see HW's 1850-6-1] renewed HW's interest in 4- and 5-partitions of numbers. Will complete paper on combinations during vacation.
Favorable report to R.S.L. on JH's paper. Suggests minor changes. Verified only methods, not numerical values. Shows more general treatment of partitions than one that JH developed.