Thanks JH for the drawings. Will send new solar autographs showing macula. Is working on the autographic series of the activity of the sun during its 11 year period.
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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 JH for the drawings. Will send new solar autographs showing macula. Is working on the autographic series of the activity of the sun during its 11 year period.
Is creeping along slowly like Alcuin's snail. Curvers are very curious. Informs him where there is an account of Coca. Comments on this as a tonic.
Has had a visit from Alick (JH's son Alexander) and his friends. Sends her latest photograph.
Has been intending to write to inform him of the successful meeting on Friday, but the four day holiday has caused extra work. JH's consent to preside provided extra stimulus.
Is grateful for his observations on the Leyton work. Will go through them and let him know the answers later.
Acknowledges JH's comparison of Barclay Observatory results with those of other observatories. Sends more observations.
Would like to incorporate JH's suggestions in his paper and he has revised the numbers. Made an attempt to photograph the moon while totally eclipsed, but was unsuccessful.
Please send GW information about a wondrous coca [cocaine] reported by Mrs. Gordon.
Asks JH's advice on whether a method devised by RP of charting bright stars in isographic projections based on star gauges seems best. Describes the method and urges that the charts will produce useful suggestions about the distribution of stars.
Sending a work intended for publication on the common force of the universe. Would be glad of JH's comments.
Thanks for prompt response and JH's sharing such a scarce commodity [cocaine; see GW's 1870-7-22]. Hopes it will heal depression that interferes with GW's work.
About a title change for the Astronomer Royal's chief assistant.
Regarding GA's proposed visit to Hawkhurst. Is losing the services of his first assistant. Book on magnetism almost printed. Is revising his article on sound. Is trying out a water telescope.
Sends the mss. and two copies of the proof for JH to check. Queries one point. Please return papers to him when they have been checked.
Thanks JH for advice on planned chart; explains method of dealing with unguaged areas. RP has adopted a somewhat different method of charting.
Wishes to take up a theatrical position at Aberdeen, and would be grateful for any financial assistance. Has already received £5 from the Queen.
Is working on what he hopes will be the true theory of the earth, but would like advice from an astronomer on one point. Believes JH has been asked this question before, according to Charles Lyell.
Is grateful for JH's assistance. Is now residing in Aberdeen but still in financial difficulties so would be pleased with any assistance.
Relating the dire condition of Dr. C. T. Beke and requesting financial assistance from JH.
Intends bringing the subject of sunspots before the B.A.A.S. next September and would therefore like JH's views on whether in his opinion these spots are mechanical or magnetic. Also any other comments would be welcome.