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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.
Arrangements for meeting with AD.
Congratulates EC on 'Thetis' [proposed name for asteroid Metis]; J. R. Hind has discovered a new star.
Is applying for a Government pension and would value a supporting testimonial from JH.
Regarding the reinstatement of the zenith tube.
Further information on the zenith tube. Description of a zenith tube.
Does not believe that GA's proposal [see GA's 1848-5-4] will work.
Sends his manuscript. P.O. has been unable to trace the missing parcel. Comments on J. B. Elie de Beaumont's method of measuring lava streams; emphasizes the importance of repeated observations. Would like copies of the manual when completed.
Sends copy of the rules of the Institute. At a Special General meeting JH was elected president. This is subject to JH's approval. Would like him to be present at the opening of the new Institute on the 25th of the next month.
Apologizes for having questioned GA's proposal [see GA's 1848-5-6], which is very good and should work well.
The Manual appears to have lost time. Outlines the general form to be taken, but leaves the details to JH. Size might be related to Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos volume. Returns to the Admiralty next week.
Returns the papers of John Forbes (on mathematical subject) and comments on them. Suggests what the R.S.L. should do in such cases.
'Thetis' has yet to be discovered. Discusses names for new planet.
As JH is interested in colors he sends him details of the color changes that the genus Ibla undergoes. Will send him a specimen if desired.
Received JT's letters regarding Francesco De Vico's possession of R. A. Cauchoix's object-glass. Will follow JT's example in this delicate matter and withhold judgment.
Is returning the letters sent him by JH. Regarding Francesco de Vico and the instruments belonging to the Roman College and [Richard?] Taylor's letter concerning them.
Extensive comments on JF's mathematical paper [see JF's 1847-3-13].
Is leaving for Norwich to return on the 25th. Leave the forms with [John] Williams and JH will sign them. Will leave his letters to have the R.A.S. seal affixed. [Thomas] Taylor has died; can RS tell him who is likely to 'offer for the place' [Madras Observatory] and what its 'appointments' are.
Regarding the elements of Uranus and Neptune, and Alexis Bouvard's 'Elements of Uranus.'
Is grateful for JH's testimonial, which she has forwarded with others to Lord John Russell.
Presumes they are at Adam Sedgwick's. Supposes they will come to Broxbourne by the 11 o'clock train from Norwich and will arrange for it to be met. Expects a new theory of the earth's crust from JH. Mrs. Jeff[re]y is seriously ill, which delays the Jeff[re]ys at Haileybury.