Reports on mental and physical condition of [?].
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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.
Reports on mental and physical condition of [?].
Responds to proposals of JH [?], and comments on the problems of the Royal Mint charges for coinage, especially coinage for foreign authorities.
Asks where JH's opinion that subsidence of land is caused by the pressure of material accumulation is stated in detail.
Grateful for JH's valuable letter. Has sent a copy to Dr. J. H. Stirling to show the coincidence of their views.
Regarding the various methods of levying the gas rate for street lighting.
Appreciation of JH's arguments in favor of pound sterling.
Responds to Hubbard's queries about JH's "Half Dozen Propositions on the Gold Coinage." Quantity of sterling required to conduct wholesale and retail transactions.
Further regarding the various ways of levying gas rates. It appears that the method adopted at Hawkhurst is incorrect.
Secretary to Bank of England will soon write to JH for permission to include JH's revised 'Half Dozen Propositions Regarding the Gold Coinage' at end of Bank's collection of papers on coinage controversy.
Bank intends to publish letters and papers relating to 'Gold Coinage Controversy.' Does JH object to including JH's 'Half a dozen Propositions respecting the Gold Coinage'? [JH annotation: Answered 4 Feb; approved, and enclosed corrected copy.]
Has JH seen R. A. Proctor's theory regarding the Milky Way?
News of her sons. Has sold many of her photographs. Husband is in Ceylon.
Discusses various telescopes of his father and his father's [erroneous] announcement of his discovery of four additional satellites of Uranus.
Prospects for investment in Great Eastern Railway for JH's son William.
Has made a mistake in the lease. Will fall in with any suggestion of JH.
Sends proof of Bank's article on gold coinage. Tell HC of any corrections that JH may want.
Reply to FC's 1870-2-8.
Has he heard about the resignations of the Assistants at the Paris Observatory? Further regarding the present situation at the Paris Observatory.
About the dismissal of U. J. J. Leverrier at Paris observatory.
Responds that R. A. Proctor's theory [see GA's 1870-2-5] is possible, and explains why.