JH understands CB to be a candidate for a professorial chair, and JH writes a warm letter of support.
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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.
JH understands CB to be a candidate for a professorial chair, and JH writes a warm letter of support.
Apologizes for the long delay in answering his letter. Relates experiences and hopes of success in his effort to obtain the position of professor at the University.
About Charles Babbage's hopes for a position, and joint publication ventures.
Has heard from Charles Babbage that JH has sent him the article on hyposulfurous acid, but he has not in fact received it. Has seen Babbage a lot recently. Candidates for the Mathematical chair. Regarding colored rings in Carbonate of Potash. Has reserved his paper on Series for number 3.
Of Charles Babbage's visit, family news, and lawsuits.
Sorry to hear of his failure at Edinburgh. Inviting him to Slough. Enquiring about the people CB met at Edinburgh.
Chastises JH for misbehavior along with Charles Babbage, discusses the parlous state of the country's affairs, expresses interest in the history of astronomy, and sends family news [letter completed 1819-10-8].
Regarding refraction in various crystals and comparison with Newton's tables. Suggests a joint paper on the subject. His parcel has never arrived. Is working on a paper on rotating phenomena.
Mr. Townley cannot get B.A. degree without attending one year at University and taking usual examinations. London papers greatly magnified disturbances. Things are peaceful now, but vigorous measures are needed to suppress 'dangerous Meetings.' Expects to enjoy Beckwiths' visit.
Thanks for, and comments on, DB's 1819-9-18.
Of Charles Babbage's trip to Scotland [letter continued 1819-10-8].
Thanks for letter. Would he send his paper to [William?] Blackwood. Thinks it only fair that JH's first paper on light should be written on his own, providing he acknowledges his discoveries. Comments on recent experiments. Who has written the article on polarization in the recent Edinburgh Review?
Has just returned from Edinburgh and found JH's letter awaiting him. Relates various experiences in Edinburgh. Recent discoveries in his chemical experiments.
Will not be in town until Tuesday afternoon. Has been speculating on a means of telegraphic communication between himself and CB.
Queries regarding the refraction of light in crystals.
Of Charles Babbage, family, public affairs, and law suits [letter completed 1819-11-15].
Regarding terminology for polarization and refraction of light. DB's statement concerning the experiments of E. L. Malus and light through crystals.
Was pleased to receive JH's farewell letter. Would be glad when JH was in town if he would call on Gordon's father and mother. Has left copies of the translation of the Memoir of Mr. De La Harpe. Gives an extract of a letter from Naples.
Has received his papers on hyposulfurous acid and Mother of Pearl. Comments regarding latter. Agreement necessary on nomenclature for light. His own and J. B. Biot's experiments on light. Would JH read his paper of 1818 and comment on it.
Sends paper on deviation of tints. Comments on findings. Encloses crystals of carbonate of lime, which exhibits the system of rings. Regarding his own paper on Mother of Pearl and his indebtedness to DB. Comments on nomenclature for light.