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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.
Responds to a paper by Dr. Barnard, in which is propounded a view of dispersion of light being related to its intensity.
Grateful for JH's welcome present of his article on meteorology, particularly as it contained the author's manuscript additions. Hopes that JH's son was pleased with the reception at Birmingham.
Has not seen the paper in the Smithsonian Institution, but believes the author is in error. Has looked at A. L. Cauchy's Dispersion Memoir, but thinks Baden Powell's paper presents a more distinct formula. Hopes to send in a few weeks the first volume of HL's [Observations Made at the Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at Trinity College, Dublin].
Has now applied to the R.S.L. for a Government Grant and would like JH's support for his application. Wishes sunfall as well as rainfall was recorded.
GS believes he erred in his 1865-6-1; now writes to correct it.
Sends JH complete set of rain papers and monthly circulars. Is grateful for JH's interest in meteorology.
Acknowledgement of order from JH, and clarification of instructions.
Asks JH to consider revising report on a paper.
Found it impossible to answer JH's letter before his departure. Delighted with JH's contrivance. Hopes to make some observations on Mont Blanc.