Sending a list of the principal instruments possessed by Lt. Col. George Everest. Also the last report made by Everest of his observations.
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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.
Sending a list of the principal instruments possessed by Lt. Col. George Everest. Also the last report made by Everest of his observations.
On 1 Jan. 1840, JH's family laid William Herschel's 40-foot reflector to rest by singing a song (enclosed). Mentions Hammerfest instruments.
Comments on JH's laying to rest of William Herschel's 40-foot telescope.
Has read over all JH's report. Makes suggestions for alterations and omissions to bring it into line with the wishes of Council.
Discusses corrections and title page of a report. Discusses the damage to Charles Riddell's instruments.
Requests aid in obtaining materials for experiments, including metal ores.
Recalls earlier letter in which [EC] made suggestions to JH for improving Daguerreotype.
As JH has tried many varnishes he wonders if he has ever tried shellac. Has tried it on specimens of brass. Many thanks for his invitation.
Confides that the past year has been 'a sombre one ... but not unhappy.'
Writing on behalf of John Russell, asks that JH inquire about the suitability of T. J. Paterson for a position teaching in the Government Schools at the Cape of Good Hope. Mentions Thomas McBean.
Thanks JH for offer of financial assistance which he declines. Expresses concern over the impending decision concerning his pension. Discusses arrangements for his family's voyage to London.
On the effect of JH's visit to Nantes.
Returns, with many thanks, the report of George Everest. Gives adverse comment on the alterations that Everest has made to some of the instruments.
Hopes to send him the lease tomorrow. If JH is coming to town will be able to see him after 10 a.m. Has written to Mr. Forbes.
A note, sent with the manuscript papers of Stephen Groombridge, to JH as President of the R.A.S.
Very pleased to hear that GP received the gold medal of the R.A.S. Sends instructions for receiving. Packet from JH with a portrait of JH has not arrived; could JH send another?
The magnetometer will not be in position tomorrow. J. C. Melvill wants to know if JH has written since his last packet. Thanks for adding name to his own certificate.
Sends a copy of his work on the tides. S. D. Poisson's theory is noticed near the end of the 2nd volume of Mécanique. Thinks some experiments are necessary to find the effect of the sun on climate. Has received a note from the Treasury.
Instruments JH referred to may not be best for JH's purposes.
Invites JH to visit HP to see the machine drawings being made [see HP's 1839-8-17].