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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.
Asks JH to join CW at meeting with governor of Bank of England [Thomson Hankey] on Monday to discuss coining matters. Thanks for JH's letters on quicksilver and on coinage.
Thanks JH for arranging terms of retirement for GM, who is now free to leave England. Presumes that GM's pension began as of last July.
Information about some candidates for Sydney University professorships [see JH's 1851-10-29].
Partly identical to JH's 1851-11-16, but with different information about some candidates.
HR assumed duties of George Maule, who died Friday. Please send papers relating to Robert Mushet, so HR can process Mushet's security bond for office of Melter.
Is thinking of erecting an observatory and would welcome JH's advice on telescopes and object-glasses, particularly those of William Simms.
CT delays answering JH's letter of 3 Nov. 1851 until JH submits report on financial impact of changes in Engraving department after death of William Wyon.
Comments about some candidates for Sydney University professorships [see JH's 1851-10-29].
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] postponed tomorrow's meeting with governor and deputy governor of Bank of England.
Send copies of security bonds for former Melters, so HR may compare these to provisions in Robert Mushet's bond.
Passage in Report of Mint Commission referred to by Robert Mushet, regarding securities for Mint officials, does not pertain to Mushet. Details of Mushet's appointment as senior clerk and melter. Thanks for extract from [Michel] Chevalier's book. Cost of [mercury] constitutes 18 percent of expense for reducing ore.
What public service will L. C. Wyon render that justifies Wyon's annual salary of £400? Compares this with duties and salary of Benedetto Pistrucci. Suggests retaining Wyon at present salary of £200 and paying separately for piecework.
Case of L. C. Wyon, promoted to chief engraver, is different from those of Henry Bingley, whose office [Queen's assay master] was abolished, and of Mr. Field, who succeeded J. M. Beckwith [as resident assayer].
Noting discrepancy between dew points obtained by wet bulb and direct methods, WS cannot say which is nearer the truth; suspects that both have inaccuracies.
Remarks on a correction in manual regarding some fluctuation of heating and cooling.
Accepts JH's argument against coining gold dollar, but feels that two-dollar gold piece is needed. Reports plan to build mint in New South Wales. U.S. will establish mint in California.
Is sending some papers on standards prepared by Richard Sheepshanks.
Sends draft of security bond for Robert Mushet that names master of Mint as sole judge of what constitutes reasonable waste in melting process. Insert names of persons, including banker, who will act as surety for Mushet.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] invites JH to tomorrow's meeting with governor and deputy governor of Bank of England.
Does not believe the Australian gold rush should affect the selection process for Sydney University professors [see GA's 1851-11-18].