Having been asked for copies of standards, it seems to JH that the Royal Mint is not the office to decide on such requests.
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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.
Having been asked for copies of standards, it seems to JH that the Royal Mint is not the office to decide on such requests.
Discusses proposal to fix up the aerial telescope of Christiaan Huygens so as to compare his drawings of Saturn with observations made by contemporary observers using Huygens's telescope. Expresses skepticism about the project.
Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone] will arrange with Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple] for JH's retirement as Master of Mint. Thanks for GH's support against 'external influences' during JH's term.
Writes to inform GH that JH has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer and tendered his resignation as Master of the Mint.
Estimates expenses and problems in production of medals for Kaffir war veterans. Asks for authority to determine wages for workmen employed on Kaffir and Crimean medals.
Returns 'table.' Thank grandma for loan of it.
Urgency for delivery of gold coins is reduced. Begin rolling and cutting silver bars.
Forwards to Treasury, without JH's approval, request by F. R. Brande and Henry Finch,junior clerks in Mint office, for higher salary. [JH note: Brande disclaimed knowledge of this request. Brande and Finch retracted it, but wanted to send another. JH refused.]
Declines to serve on experimental committee for R.S.L.
Has no power to determine JH's successor to mastership of Mint. Make application to Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple].
Agrees to help in other ways than as committee member [see JH's 1855-2-25].
Reports status of Crimean medal and Cape medal [Kaffir medal?]. Benjamin Wyon expects to have models ready soon. [Addressed to 'My Lord'.]
Extraordinary demand for gold and silver coin in 1852-54 has subsided. Reports disposition of twelve Custom House employees who were assigned to Mint as temporary clerks for this period.
Reminds WB that Mint rules do not permit paying skilled laborer's wages to casual employees such as Patrick Shanahan.
Asks GS about ordering instruments from [George] Wilson.
JH's health is worse. Please expedite JH's request to resign from mastership of Mint. Seeks HT's approval to turn JH's duties over to W. H. Barton.
Expects difficulty with wages listed for Patrick Shanahan and one other worker at Mint. Find documents that authorized JH to pay additional overtime wages during coinage pressure of last two years.
Procedure for E. W. Ward to recover expenses for construction of Sydney branch mint. Interview [W. O.] Young for particulars on shipments of materials. Discusses justification of Patrick Shanahan's wages. L. C. Wyon submitted wax model of Kaffir medal, but JH recalls that Treasury asked for drawing.
Agrees to pay Patrick Shanahan five shillings per day, but JH believes this to be 'very high wages' for unskilled labor and requires twelve hours attendance each day. Leonard Wyon had prepared wax model of Kaffir medal. Dismiss Charles Stiles.
Unable to perform Mint duties. Doctor directed JH to country for four to five weeks of complete rest. JH notified Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple] and asked to be relieved of Mastership.