Happy JH is back safely from Cambridge. Thanks JH for letter brought by [Adam] Sedgwick. Desires an account of JH.
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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.
Happy JH is back safely from Cambridge. Thanks JH for letter brought by [Adam] Sedgwick. Desires an account of JH.
Suggests time and place for [committee] meeting. Good report from observatory in British Guiana. Problems in establishing observatories in colonies. Changes occurring at Toronto. Time is not right to propose turning observatories over to colonial governments.
The paper for the prize essay has been withdrawn. Tring Agricultural Association has published the results of Mr. Forster's experiments, which so far have been very successful. Was grateful for his poetry. Has been ill as well as JH. Hopes he is improving.
Proposed date for B.A.A.S. meeting creates difficulty for HL. Assurance that no one other than JH could have provided such vital leadership for global magnetic survey. Doubts that [James] McCullagh could serve committee well; suggests [J. D.] Forbes instead.
Received yesterday a letter from G. B. Airy informing him that JH also observed the meteor of 24 April; sends an account of it. Would also like JH's account to compare the two. Is obliged to JH for trying to get his printed paper filled.
Sending the first volume of Kosmos. Queries regarding the Magellanic Clouds.
Has received the enclosed from James Graham and would be pleased if W. R. Dawes would choose an instrument.
Mentions how helpful JH's name would be on a memorial for C. P. Smyth. C. P. Smyth working on zodiacal light observations.
[J. C.] Houzeau has sent a paper on the determination of parabolic elements of a comet. Relays a copy of his method, which HS will examine more closely before publishing.
JH does not appear to have received his last letter. Has not been well, but hopes to be better for tomorrow. Own brother has been behaving in a peculiar manner. Daniel has been dealing rude blows. Hopes to visit JG's laboratory. Has now visited the laboratory and spent two agreeable hours.
The comet is a splendid one. Observed it last night with his Munich 32 inch.
Accepts JH's invitation to join Magnetical and Meteorological Committee of B.A.A.S. Will see JH at Cambridge next week. T. M. Brisbane's magnetic observations will be published in Transactions [of Royal Society of Edinburgh]. JH was responsible for making these known.
Invites B.A.A.S. members to Geneva meeting of Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences.
Still more about B.A.A.S. meeting arrangements, especially about the magnetic survey {see GP's 1845-5-23].
Informs JH that 'It is necessary to ask you as President of the British Association to preside at the General Advisory' to be held on 16 June. JH should also inspect the Cambridge Observatory.
Has submitted a paper on the projection of a star on the moon's disc to the R.A.S. Wishes to draw JH's attention to it. Comments on some of his observations.
Has arrived in England. Would like to call on JH.
Brief note alerting JH to the presence of a foreign visitor.
Invites JH to come to the magnetic conference meeting being held at the B.A.A.S. meeting.
Had to leave Cambridge suddenly and was thus unable to take his leave of JH. Will always remember his visit. Would like the manuscript of JH's address.