Requests permission to submit JH's name to the Lieutenants of the Counties of Kent and Sussex as a Magistrate for the two counties.
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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.
Requests permission to submit JH's name to the Lieutenants of the Counties of Kent and Sussex as a Magistrate for the two counties.
Giving reasons why he would not like his name put forward as a magistrate.
Thanks for his kind and flattering letter. Fully understands why JH cannot spare the time to be a Magistrate, so will not submit his name.
Comments on the operational and organizational details of the magnetic and meteorological observatories, and on the supervisory committee's [the Physical Committee of the R.S.L.] responsibilities.
Is preparing an estimate for Parliament and would like his views on the usefulness of re-measuring N. L. Lacaille's base, etc., at the Cape.
Sending two copies of the 'Extracts relating to Standards.' Remarks on these extracts. Requests JH to fix a date for a meeting to discuss the report.
MM has been selected by the King of Naples to be Director of the Central Board of Meteorological Observations for Naples. Would like any of the publications of the R.S.L. relative to the Fixed Observatories.
Is grateful for referring him to Capt. Ludlow. Has now moved himself to Falmouth. What does JH think of the chances of success of a popular book on photography? He is contemplating the idea. Hears that J. B. Biot considers the production of colored drawings impossible, but is not convinced himself. Encloses description and drawing of a very clever instrument.
Discusses a letter in which JH explains why JH cannot, as a British subject, accept the foreign order offered him [by the Danish king]. Asks HS to read over the letter and to decide how it should be delivered.
Says JH's interest in AQ's work has been source of motivation. Notes that on 21 September and 21 December, aurora borealis and magnetic perturbations have been spotted. Asks where to procure an actinometer in England.
Relates Humphrey Lloyd's complaint that JH sent Mr. Meyerstein's letter by mistake. Asks JH to forward [A. T.] Kupffer's letter along with those enclosed from Charles Riddell on the magnetism survey in America. Asks for JH's advice on the publication of the observations.
Supports the remeasurement of N. L. Lacaille's geodetic arc in South Africa, giving a number of reasons for his support.
Agrees to proposed meeting date [see GA's 1841-1-16], and encourages GA to come with a draft final report prepared.
Is sending him a circumpolar projection of the Southern stars. Regarding the star maps being printed by John Arrowsmith. Will visit him the following week. Has received Robert Main's paper.
A notice of meeting of the Standards Commission.
Will be pleased to accommodate him. Star map is being printed. Encloses a paper on Sound by Dr. R. J. Kane, for his comments.
Has dispatched a military force to St. John's River. Outlines recent political events at the Cape. The educational scheme progresses well. Has had an acrimonious letter from Andries Stockenström.
Insists on inclusion of all data and graphs in the publication of the accumulated magnetic observations, made as part of 'perhaps the very greatest scientific operation ... ever ... undertaken....' Urges that funding be sought from the government.
Assures JH that he will publish magnetic observations as JH desires. [Hussey] Vivian awaits the estimate of cost of publication. Encloses circular sent to the British magnetic observatories. Informs JH that the Niger and Guiana magnetometers have arrived safely. They should provide interesting comparisons with other observatories.
Is sending him Thomas Maclear's account of taking the field and of commencing his base operations.