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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.
Talks about the death of Elizabeth Baily, and the beauty of the fall flowers; comments on correspondence that has arrived, and includes some family news.
Reports to MH on the contents of Elizabeth Baily's will [JH is given the house in Tavistock Place], and adds some family news, concluding by commiserating with MH's situation.
Responds to [?]'s 21 Oct. 1859 letter to John Phillips expressing Prince Albert's interest in the impact that proposed B.A.A.S. magnetic and meteorological observations will have on Treasury funds.
Outlines B.A.A.S.'s proposals regarding magnetic and meteorological observations, to be laid before Prince Albert.
Is a candidate for the position of Principal at St. Andrews United College in succession to David Brewster, who has moved to Edinburgh. Would be pleased to receive a testimonial from JH. Has already received one from Brewster.
Someone has experimented with sound and finds that the pitch of a note is altered when transmitted through solids; is this true in JH's experience? Supposes that Lady Herschel has now returned.
Requests that proofs of his paper ['On a New Projection of the Sphere'] be sent to him at 37 Tavistock Place.
Would give him great pleasure to comply with JH's request, but the trees are in the garden of a Mr. Powell.
Would be glad to accompany JH to Kew to see instruments.
Must postpone meeting at Kew Observatory because of a severe cold. Asks JH to choose a later date.
Comments on fluorescence and the contents of Francis Baily's desk drawer.
Sorry to trouble CD with note today regarding occupying the premises.
Asks that the diagrams alluded to be printed with JH's paper ['On a New Projection of the Sphere'].
Will accompany ES to Kew Observatory. Serving as legatee for the recently deceased Elizabeth Baily, sister of Francis Baily.
Further questions about the physical optics of telescopes [see JH's 1859-8-27].
Recommending J. D. Forbes as a suitable person for the appointment of Principal at the University of St. Andrews.
Wishes JF success and rest in his new position [at St. Andrews].
Questions concerning the manuscript of JH's Telescope. Will send proofs to London.
Comments about reflective power of metals.
Further comments on subject of GS's 1859-11-10; comments on several experiments involving light and color.