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.
Visit to Slough by Mrs. and Miss Stewart. Mr. Secker obtained part payment of Mr. Davenport's overdue rent.
Scenery along Rhine river. Visit to Bonn, where party was received by A. W. Schlegel, translator of Shakespeare into German, and geologist J. J. Nöggerath. [Letter continued in Andernach:] John Stewart is becoming good artist. [Letter continued 17 June in Koblenz:] Received mail from Slough. Itinerary for Germany and Switzerland.
Pleased to hear that JH received GP's memoirs. Comments on the nature of GP's response to an error on one of GP's memoirs on planetary perturbations. Expresses sorrow at the deaths of W. H. Wollaston, Humphry Davy, and Thomas Young.
Comforted by JH's and Margaret's good health. Plans to visit Margate. [James] Grahame will visit Slough soon. Mrs. and Miss Stewart are enjoying Slough.
Journey from Koblenz to Bingen and Mannheim. Diagram of Grand Ducal Gardens at Carlsruhe. [Note by Margaret Herschel:] Enjoys travel but looks forward to seeing family again.
Informs JH that his mother has been ill but is improving [letter completed 1829-6-30].
Received mail from Slough. Margaret is superb traveler. Itinerary for Switzerland. Beauty of Baden Baden.
Received Mary Baldwin's report of MPH's illness. JH and Margaret are cutting short their tour and returning home in haste.
About JH's work in reducing the observations of many nebulae. WO also speaks about JH's aunt Caroline.
JH and Margaret will arrive at Verdun tonight. Concerned for health of JH's mother and competence of doctors. Gratitude for care given by MB and Mrs. Stewart.
JH and Margaret arrived safely today. Will reach Slough tomorrow.
Of travel and holiday plans.
Of changes in JG's plans.
Has no letters about General Cambourne, which JH apparently had requested.
Asks JH to be trustee for JG in a legal matter.
Of plans to come to Slough.
Discusses further adjustments for the telescope. If JH returns to England soon, AR will come to Slough with the telescope.
Has only just had the opportunity of studying JH's paper. Comments on JH's theories regarding the musical scales and includes some of his own.
Asks that JH allow Jacques Babinet to see the experimental equipment given to the R.S.L. by Josef Fraunhofer.
Lists MH's property and annual rental fees that JH arranged with each tenant. Projects earnings. Contract with Mr. Nash was witnessed by Mr. Trumper. Expects trouble getting Mr. Davenport to pay back rent that was awarded to MH.