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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.
Received the letter. Hopes he will be successful in his application for the position of Actuary to the Law Life Society. Has a high opinion of his mathematical papers and has used his system in his own works.
Invites JH to meet H. C. Oersted, Henry Warburton, and Henry Kater at dinner next Wednesday.
Will attend meeting of Lord Mayor's Committee to rebuild London Bridge.
Is sending him the second edition of his book on magnetic attractions. Comments on the views put forth in this work.
Will send MS's communication about the theory of caloric to some scientific journals, rather than the Astronomical Society, where it would be inappropriate. Comments on caloric theory.
Forwarding to DB, through Hans Christian Oersted, a paper on caloric by Marc Seguin.
Worries that Johann Pfaff is unqualified to translate William Herschel's papers into German; hopes that JH will be the primary authority for commenting on WH's work.
Has had a meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer concerning his calculating machine. Is to get financial assistance from the government. Hopes to see JH on Monday night.
Discusses various apparent errors JS has been detecting in observing double stars with two different telescopes. Assures JH that no serious problems exist.