Bringing GA up to date about JH's family news and commenting on news of GA's family.
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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.
Bringing GA up to date about JH's family news and commenting on news of GA's family.
Some high quality sets of weights are becoming available. Should they be acquired for use with the standards work?
Is inquiring further into the usefulness of the weights [see JH's 1851-9-27].
Now believes that at least one specific weight should be acquired [see GA's 1851-9-29].
Informs JH about the receipt of important papers from the Provost of the new college [Sydney University] at Sydney, Australia.
Has received the papers [see GA's 1851-10-7]; Sydney University seeks assistance in finding professors. What should the response be?
Is trying to organize a meeting of all involved in the new Sydney University project [see JH's 1851-10-14].
An invitation sent out by JH to invite all search committee members [Sydney Trust] to JH's house [see GA's 1851-10-16].
Note with copies of an advertising circular about the Sydney University professorships [see JH's 1851-10-16].
Is having some difficulty in acquiring the single weight [see GA's 1851-10-1].
Responds with a suggestion of a reasonable price for all the weights [see JH's 1851-10-29].
A note to clarify receipt of a letter transmitted by Margaret Brodie Herschel.
A note accompanying testimonials for a candidate for a Sydney University professorship [see JH's 1851-10-29].
Still pursuing Julius Caesar's path in Britain [see GA's 1851-3-29]; wants local information from JH.
Are there any earthworks in the wood near Hawkhurst [see GA's 1851-11-4]?
Invites GA to stay at Collingwood and explore the area for evidence of Roman occupation [see GA's 1851-11-4], and talks about a friend of JH's family. Indicates a price offered for weights, but has had no response [see GA's 1851-11-3].
Is not very knowledgeable about local terrain that might help GA; adds comments about weight buying, and offers a solution [see GA's 1851-11-5].
Will send an assistant to bid for the weights at the auction [see JH's 1851-11-8].
GA's assistant bought the weights at the auction for less than JH had offered [see GA's 1851-11-9].
Information about some candidates for Sydney University professorships [see JH's 1851-10-29].