Thanks Herschel family for their 'kind interest' in her behalf.
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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.
Thanks Herschel family for their 'kind interest' in her behalf.
Has had great satisfaction in reading JH's book on Natural Philosophy, but would like to correct his statement regarding the date of the introduction of lemon juice as a treatment for scurvy.
Would like JH's views on the proposed meeting at York of the Friends of Science (later the B.A.A.S.).
Has had many melancholy afflictions since they last met. Would like JH's support for his intended application for Professorship of Mathematics at the forthcoming University of Durham.
Opinion on M. C. T. Damoiseau's theory and tables; worth a medal.
Wanted to read JH's book before writing. Thinks it a useful production and should prove popular. William Fitton has been preparing a statement on the late struggle for the chair, but William Whewell has advised him to withdraw it. Hopes he will receive RJ's book in a fortnight. Comments on this and his recollections.
Is writing to request JH not to let William Fitton know that RJ informed JH about Fitton's statement.
Describes experiment of [Walter] Trevelyan with heated metals and lead, which produced a variety of sounds. New experiment will be described in [David] Brewster's journal.
JH's request for one hundred copies of the abstract was discussed at the Geological Society yesterday and it was decided to print the whole paper in the Transactions.
Remarks on Greenwich observations.
Comments on efforts toward getting a royal charter for the Astronomical Society, a paper by Peter Barlow, and activities of the R.S.L. Correspondence with Wilhelm Struve. Difficulties in getting his new telescope constructed.
Of the health of JH's brother-in-law, John Stewart, and the publication of JH's Prelim. Discourse [letter completed 1831-2-8].
Sends JH a copy of Richard Jones's new book [Essay on the Distribution of Wealth]. Congratulates JH on the publication of his new book [Prelim. Discourse].
Is sending Volume 10 of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Has recently sent him a book and letter and wonders if he has received it. Congratulations on his recent honors. If he has the book perhaps he would look at certain passages.
Regarding the affair of Charles Babbage and William Fitton's pamphlet. Would like JH to dine with him and William Whewell to discuss various matters. JH's book is popular at Cambridge.
Sending more ale. Abandoning AR's theory of comets coming from solar volcanoes, although he thinks it is somewhat consistent with observed phenomena of solar spots.
Has been obtaining information for his report on the observatories. Is JH's paper ready to be printed? Will be able to economize on the printing of the Greenwich Observations.
Has just found out that the government has approached the R.S.L. as to the usefulness and chances of success of his machine. Hopes that if JH is appointed he will not become involved in the committees of the R.S.L. Has been deciphering a cipher.
Would not write anything to make JH change his mind over the proposed biography of Sir William Herschel. Thinks there is room for a popular and more serious study of Sir William. Has received good reports of JH's Discourse. Has not had a chance of seeing William Whewell yet.