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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.
Talking about the possibility of discovering an 'Irish Asteroid' or perhaps an exterior planet; suggests names for them.
Has received JH's letter and also the one of [J. H.?] Griesbach. These will be read at the next meeting of the R.A.S. Thinks enough has been written about E. J. Cooper's planets.
Is greatly obliged for his prompt attention to the proof sheets. Has nearly 1,000 letters and 50-60 ms. poems to edit and wishes someone could be found to write Thomas Campbell's life, as he dos not feel equal to it.
Received JH's letter to JG's late predecessor at Swedish legation, Count Björnstjerna. Will forward copies of JH's Cape Results to Swedish institutions named by JH.
Accepting JH's invitation to spend a few days with him. Remarks on planets in general. Information on academic success of Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland).
Sending paper by Andrew Ross, who would be glad of any comments. [William] Simms informs him that he has improved his 8" object glasses. Gives recent observations for Enceladus.
Measurements and diagrams of WD's 8.5-foot telescope, dome, and other structures at Camden Lodge [to be duplicated for shipment to Cape of Good Hope observatory]. Laments deaths of Julia Cornwallis and J. L. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Encloses letter from K. V. Nesselrode.
Outlining the circumstances leading to JH's name being proposed for the new council of the R.S.L. Hopes he will agree to his name being proposed.
Grateful for receipt of JH's Cape Results.
Has received JH's volume and letter from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland). Regards it as a valuable contribution to his library. Would like JH's opinion on the papers of Benjamin Peirce and his views on the planet Neptune.
Grateful for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Was aesthetically inspired by JH's descriptions and drawings.
Close to finding expeditious, symmetric method for computing Bernoulli's numbers. Resolves four formulas that HW sent to JH earlier today.
Asks GA for details about the scientific support provided by Hugh Percy; also asks about the availability of star charts on the Berlin Academy scheme.
Replies to JH's 1847-11-14, with respect to Hugh Percy and star charts.
[Received JH's 12 Nov. letter.] Send bill for Munich telescope to Admiralty. Order parts for dome construction, which [Thomas] Maclear cannot procure at Cape [of Good Hope].
Is still working on the distribution list for star catalogues [see GA's 1846-11-19].
Believes that Thomas Galloway's paper on solar motion deserves a medal.
Believes that if R.S.L. gives medals that year, J. R. Hind should receive one. John Lubbock is another possible candidate for his work on perturbation theory.
Advises that the catalogs [J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française... and N. L. Lacaille's Catalogue of 9766 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere] not be bound for another five or six months because some proof-sheets are still quite wet.