Residing outside London. Will return for balloting of [William?] Bridgman at Thursday's R.S.L. meeting.
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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.
Residing outside London. Will return for balloting of [William?] Bridgman at Thursday's R.S.L. meeting.
Invitation to dinner.
Can he meet JH at the Astronomical [Society] on the 13th?
Sends latest news of J. E. Bode.
Thanks for honor conferred by Astronomical Society. Mentions [F. W.] Bessel's paper on the 4th satellite of Saturn. Calculated tables of apparent places of 45 stars, which HS plans to publish annually.
Is sorry JH could not manage the Council meeting last Monday. Suggests a date for the next meeting.
Thanks for the letter informing him that he was elected corresponding member of the Astronomical Society. Comments on the prize questions. Gives details of his astronomical publications.
Death of Mrs. Beckwith's baby. Warns JH against one-legged swindler 'Mr. Davis,' who may ask JH for money. Still in search of a cook.
William Herschel met with Mr. Gwatkin to discuss JH's proposal of marriage to Miss Gwatkin. MPH sees no impediment. WH wants JH to return soon.
Will call on JH tomorrow. Has had a letter from Benjamin Gompertz.
Declines JH's 'polite and kind offer' due to declining health.
Thanks for letter. Will do all in his power to further the cause of the Astronomical Society. Missing parts of Nautical Almanac and R.S.P.T. Would JH look into matter. Unable to send complete set of his Astronomical Yearbook, but can supply some for a suitable sum.
Cambridge news, GP's own activities, and comments on the progress of the observatory plans.
Welcomes astronomical correspondence. Is grateful for having his name proposed as a member of the Astronomical Society. Comments on the work of the Observatory. Would like the memoir of Edward Troughton.
Sending some observations on a comet which appeared last month. Has had the pendulum up for some weeks but has been unable to carry out many observations owing to official duties. Has been working a good deal on occultations. Wishes some had been published as they are of great practical use.
Regarding JH's misunderstanding with George Dollond in the latter's quarrel with James South.
Unable to leave his wife. Has read about JH's purchases at Christie's.
Is forwarding his paper on the eclipse. Publication of information received from members. Regarding the refereeing of Gerard Moll's paper on the eclipse.
About plans for the Cambridge observatory.
Comments on J. B. Biot's reactions to JH's observations on polarization of light in apophyllite.