JH and H. D. Harness may call on CT at Treasury whenever convenient.
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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.
JH and H. D. Harness may call on CT at Treasury whenever convenient.
Death of William Wyon. Suggests returning Benedetto Pistrucci to office of Chief Engraver, to which WH recommended Pistrucci in 1816 but from which Pistrucci was removed because he was Catholic.
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.
Has discovered two new satellites of Uranus; gives observations. Would JH suggest names for them.
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.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] wants to know value of alloy presently used in sovereign sterling.
Are there any earthworks in the wood near Hawkhurst [see GA's 1851-11-4]?
About the establishment of a standard yard, and how the Kew Committee should proceed [see JH's 1851-11-5]; RS also plans to prepare standard thermometers. Received notice of William Lassell's discovery of more satellites of Uranus.
Sends memoirs on magnetism of crystalline bodies. Notes that remarks on atomic mechanism of Iceland spar contrast with JH's views expressed in JH's Light.
Letter in application for Professorship of Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry at University College, Sydney.
Will send an assistant to bid for the weights at the auction [see JH's 1851-11-8].
JH's letter has already gone to Alexander von Humboldt, who has been waiting to hear from him. The fourth volume of Cosmos.
Read JH's Admiralty Manual meteorology article. Disagrees with statement regarding barometer and pressure of dry atmosphere. Discusses atmosphere and barometer at some length.
Will seek approval from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] for JH's new arrangement to pay Mint police.
Doctor urges GM to move to warmer climate. Please finalize terms for GM's retirement so GM may leave London.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] agreed to police arrangements at Mint. Asked Sir R. [Manque?] to state when he 'will receive the gates.' Treasury did not approve Bank of England's request. Reviews procedure by which Commissariat department obtains money from Mint through Bank of England. [JH annotation: There was no time to count money before it was sent to Commissariat.]
Forwards books for JH.
GA's assistant bought the weights at the auction for less than JH had offered [see GA's 1851-11-9].