Has not had time to work on the constellations paper because of interference due to tithe surveys and land re-assessments, which JH fears may involve a lawsuit.
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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.
Has not had time to work on the constellations paper because of interference due to tithe surveys and land re-assessments, which JH fears may involve a lawsuit.
About the desirability of closing a restricted public footpath across JH's property at Slough.
B.A.A.S. defers letter from [John] Washington to Magnetic Committee. Asks for JH's approval for funding [Robert] Schomburgk's portable magnetic observatory. JH should send Washington's letter to George Peacock. William Whewell, Humphrey Lloyd, and ES have contingently approved. Offers to order the appropriate instrument from Wilhelm Weber and seek partial funding from the Geographical Society. JH appends notice of his approval.
Encloses own copy of correspondence with Humphrey Lloyd and C. R. Fox about publication of magnetic observations. Mentions the affirmation of Lieutenant Younghusband in Canada. Will send the information to Charles Wheatstone and members of the Committee of Physics. Includes comments by Hew Ross and [Hussey] Vivian. Advises about cost of publication of data and sources for funding.
Regarding the arrangement of the constellations.
Pleased JH will be in London soon. George Peacock and William Whewell will become members of Magnetical Committee. Received information from [J. C.] Ross at Sydney.
Encloses letter from Humphrey Lloyd, whose opinion of himself ES finds unpalatable. Asks for letter's return via Francis Beaufort.
Received HR's book on navigation. Says it will be very useful. Makes several remarks and objections concerning the list of principal fixed stars.
Sends barometer observations from Flushing series, Elias Loomis in U.S., and [J. S.] McCord in Montreal. Can WB prepare these before next B.A.A.S. meeting?
Regarding the planning of the constellations. Is having success with his own Cavendish experiments.
Gratified by WW's volume. Recalls JH's catenary theorems. Writes function to complete theory of exponential transcendents. WW's applications have greater practical bearing than JH's early efforts, which JH now finds difficult to decipher. Sorry that WW declared Mr. Gilbert's tables defective.
Requests recommendations on the instructions proposed by ES for the magnetic expedition to Africa. Encloses meteorological observations by [Edward] Belcher, and other data related to magnetism in North America.
Difficulties over affairs of South African College, Cape Town. Observations on tornados.
Requests JP send JH's projected barometer observation to W. R. Birt.
Discusses when and how often R.S.L. committees, particularly the physical committee, should meet.
Apologizing for the delay. Sends various map locations. Also extract from Captain F. W. Beechy's letter regarding magnetic operations.
Glad papers were received [see WR's 1840-9-28]. Discusses observations of storms and other meteorological phenomena.
Returns WB's 'Curves,' which JH presented to B.A.A.S. Sends results of 1837-1838 [barometer] observations by Captain [Edward] Belcher along Pacific coast of North and Central America.
Sends stellar catalogue. Requests R.S.P.T. from 1800 to 1840 for University of Padua library.
Relates arrangements for the magnetic observations at Lucknow in India. Proposes using Göttingen mean time for observations at Lucknow. Humphrey Lloyd relates that Captain Boileau has begun observing at Sinnlaw [Sikkim?] after preliminary moisture-related difficulties with the instruments. ES proposes solution. Charles Riddell reports safe arrival of magnets from Lloyd. Riddell and Lieutenant Younghusband approve of survey of the American possessions, but R.S.L. has not yet considered it.