Wishes to obtain copy of JH's observations of sun spots at Cape of Good Hope.
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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.
Wishes to obtain copy of JH's observations of sun spots at Cape of Good Hope.
Elizabeth Sabine's translation of [Alexander von Humboldt's] Cosmos is nearly complete. Hopes JH will accept invitation to review it in Edinburgh Review. Encloses account of great disturbance of December.
Presents to the R.A.S. a drawing of solar spots made during 1843.
Discusses whether John Couch Adams should receive the Copley Medal for his work in the attempted discovery of Neptune.
Reports organization of N. L. Lacaille's star catalog. Suggests method by which to compare this with Thomas Henderson's figures to determine Henderson's method of computation.
Is trying to straighten out the origin of the R.A.S., and giving appropriate credit.
Longmans reckons on 60 pages for the next number so would JH have his article ready to time.
Recommendations on how best to make tidal observations.
Explains combined British and foreign postage rate applied to JH's letter, which has been forwarded to France. [JH annotation on verso about actinometer.]
Sends extracts of a letter from H. C. Schumacher. Does not agree with Schumacher regarding F. W. Bessel's 'specific attraction.'
Has been investigating the Cavendish experiments recently repeated by Francis Baily. Thinks G. B. Airy has neglected the resistance of the air in his mathematical theory. Would like to send an abstract of his investigations so that JH can judge their merits.
Recounts discussion in R.A.S. council regarding how the Society's medal should be awarded in response to the discovery of Neptune. U. J. J. Leverrier led J. C. Adams in the voting, but did not receive enough votes.
Will do what he can for J. C. Gerhardt. Appears to be unfair regarding Isaac Newton and G. W. Leibniz. Is working on a list of writings in arithmetic.
Is grateful for his letter on the Cavendish experiment. Gives outline of his own theories regarding certain aspects of the Cavendish experiments, and would like his opinion on these before they are incorporated into a paper.
Sends a note along with a work on vision.
Has seen the papers, which consist of some 30 pages, the longest being in the Commercium Epistolicum. Knows someone who would copy them accurately and at a reasonable price.
Sending a revised copy of his own memoir on F. W. Bessel. Council of the R.A.S. have not awarded a medal this year.
Sends his manuscripts. Discusses some of Michael Faraday's experiments, in particular his theory on the non-magnetism of blood. Has sent Faraday a paper on the action of voltaic currents.