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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.
Is grateful for his letter concerning the proposed professorship. Outlines some of the alterations he proposes to submit to the Council. Hopes to raise a subscription of £5,000 to £6,000. Offer a salary of £200 per annum. Encloses the newspaper articles.
Returns his interesting specimens. Has read his communication in the Physical and Chemical sections. Regarding the use of certain terms. Had long discussion with W. H. Fox Talbot on matters of Light. Has been offered a position at the Birmingham Institution. Is there any chance of obtaining a position in London?
Sends rough notes on Francis Baily's interests and works. Has not heard from W. S. Stratford lately.
Revising JB's Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. Requests details of JH's family.
Mr. Malby has obtained copyright of 36' globe and intends to lay down nebulae, also double stars. Is JH's work [on double stars] likely to be finished soon? Should wait for this work.
Received notes on omission of passage [1844-9-26] in good time. Asks JH to return proof of report. Regaining strength before going back to study Toronto volume.
Thanks for letter regarding equinoxes and solstices. Intends to work on physical phenomena of globe. Resumes meteorological observations. Awaits Cape Results.
Approves of proposal by A. T. Kupffer and Edward Sabine for international magnetic congress under JH's leadership. [Reply to JH's 1844-7-22 to HL.]
Offering JH an opportunity to buy a copy of a bust of Mary Somerville.
Responds to JH's 1844-7-28 about stiffening a vertical circle; comments on other astronomical matters.
JH appointed to a committee with G. B. Airy and William Stratford on the reduction of the calculations of N. L. Lacaille's stars.
JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £50.
Requesting autographs for her niece.
Francis Baily contracted with RT to print N. L. Lacaille's catalog of stars and J. J. L. Lalande's Histoire céleste. Account was suspended after Baily's death until B.A.A.S. meeting in York approved its continuation. Requests £300 from JH, chairman of grant committee.
Edinburgh [Review] named someone else as the person who found the true correction of the rate of pendulums on account of the atmospheric medium. ES actually discovered the correction first. Discusses [James] Ross's intensity ovals.
Has sent on the draft report on magnetic observations to W. S. Stratford for completion [see JH's 1844-10-13].
Went to the York meeting of the B.A.A.S. hoping to see JH, but was disappointed to hear he was not there. Would assure him of his friendship and esteem for his work.
Responds in detail to JH's request [1844-10-12] for RS's assessment of Francis Baily's character and contributions.
Sending his Magnetic and Meteorological Annual for 1842. Any publications in exchange should be addressed to the Institute of Mines, St. Petersburg.
Regarding object planes for the telescope.