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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.
Acknowledgement of receipt of JH's Cape Results by Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.
Regarding H. C. Schumacher and the intended distribution of J. J. F. Lalande's catalogue.
Agrees to a request to forward some work to BL.
Has dealt with the problem of thanking H. C. Schumacher [see GA's 1847-10-6].
Thanks WH for 'plan' of [asteroid] Iris. Family is happy to have WH's son (JH's son William's friend) with them for holidays. Recounts their playful and adventurous activities.
Delighted that JH was awarded Gold Medal by King of Holland [for Cape Results].
JH avoids participating in meteorological enquiry. Suggests improvements on WB's plan to establish government office to collect and publish meteorological reports from worldwide network of military stations. Has read Francis Ronalds's papers.
Observed a bright nebulous mass this evening. Gives readings for it. The comet is proceeding North. Has notified the Times.
R.S.L. committee for distribution of star catalogs should notify H. C. Schumacher of its work. Ordered additional copies to meet requests by foreign corresponding members. Deciding whom to include on distribution list. Concern by Treasury that distribution not be done for profit. Encloses letter from F. G. W. Struve.
Further discusses the translation of [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos [see RS:HS 15.207].
Devotes all leisure time to reading JH's gift copy of JH's Cape Results. Reports distribution of twenty copies to America.
Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.
Thanks JH for a copy of his Cape Results and comments on several other astronomical topics.
About the eye's means of adjusting in vision; asks JH's permission to dedicate AS's writings on vision to JH.
Agrees that H. C. Schumacher and foreign institutions should be added to list of recipients for catalogs. Please submit recommended names to B.A.A.S. Needs addresses of [W. S.] Stratford and Paramatta observatory. Complications in mailing B.A.A.S. catalog to foreign recipients.
Discusses use of 'force' versus use of 'power' in translating [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos. Says science has outgrown 'force.' [See 1847-10-8]
Is sorry that JH has been introduced to the law on Trusts under unfavorable circumstances. Longmans wants the review [JH's review of Humboldt's Cosmos] printed and bound by Christmas day. Let him know as soon as his paper is ready.
Disappointed not to have seen Sir Harry Smith or JH's family while AS was in Norwich. Grateful for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Congratulates JH on this 'grand harvest,' a monument to William Herschel's honor. JH is 'now again a free man.'
Offers to assist Peter S[tewart] in his financial difficulties; also comments on E. M[ackintosh]'s financial problems. JH expects more funds soon from dividends.
[Cavr.?] Peruzzi departed for Florence Wednesday and took Duke of Northumberland's letters. At next opportunity, JB will forward copies of JH's Cape Results to Florence observatory and to G. B. Amici.