Has made a piece of glass 5" square, which George Dollond reports is good. Proposes making a furnace at the Royal Institution. Does JH have any objections?
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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.
Has made a piece of glass 5" square, which George Dollond reports is good. Proposes making a furnace at the Royal Institution. Does JH have any objections?
A note accompanying some panoramic views of the Alpine scenery in Piedmont, sent to JH by G. A. Plana. JH sends them along in the hope that they may provide some amusement for the invalid Isabella Stewart.
John Lee has obtained transit circle for Astronomical Society. WS suggests someone other than Thomas Maclear operate it so Maclear has time for occultation project. Details observations of aurora.
Writes to report continuing improvement in Isabella's health, and to thank JH for the prints and drawings [see JH's 1828-11-27].
Asking JH to get in touch with Charles Babbage. Thanking him for his observations on his catalogue of stars and transits.
A note to accompany some drawings and prints for the amusement of the invalid, Isabella Stewart; was happy about reports of Isabella's improvement.
Writes to offer to convey a friend of the Stewart family to their house, offers to join with Margaret Stewart to make music for Isabella, and sends some more prints and an illustrated Milton for Isabella's amusement.
John Lee donation pleases JH; concerned over who to appoint to take charge of the instrument. Asks WS to write account of aurora sighting for a scientific journal.
Has received a letter from the Astronomical Society secretary. Worries AR may have offended JH and requests guidance. Describes performance of his telescope.
Commends JH to PS as an excellent man and ideal husband for PS's sister Margaret.