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Category : Astronomers
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of the Herschels, a Family of Astronomers" (Sir William Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Caroline Herschel) by Anonymous. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author: Anonymous
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781021174147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Unknown Unknown
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 504143106X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Author: Constance A. Lubbock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107650011
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419

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Originally published in 1933, this book was written with the aim of presenting the life stories of William and Caroline Herschel in the setting of their family circle and the broader historical context. The text is composed, as far as possible, from their own words, using extracts from William Herschel's brief autobiographical notes and from Caroline's very full journals, as well as from letters. A variety of illustrative figures and an appendix section are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Herschels, astronomy and music.

Author: Arthur Mee
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: Agnes Mary Clerke
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Author: Michael Hoskin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400768753
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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This beautifully structured book presents the essentials of William and Caroline Herschel’s pioneering achievements in late 18th-century astronomy. Michael Hoskin shows that William Herschel was the first observational cosmologist and one of the first observers to attack the sidereal universe beyond the solar system: Herschel built instruments far better than any being used at the royal observatory. Aided by his sister Caroline, he commenced a great systematic survey that led to his discovery of Uranus in 1781. Unlike observers before him, whose telescopes did not reveal them as astronomical objects, Herschel did not ignore misty patches of light. Hoskins points out Herschel’s achievement in surveying, cataloguing, and describing them as “nebulae” and even coming to the correct conclusion that their structure evolved over time, with Newton’s gravity being the agent of change. Herschel’s surveys established a new astronomy – looking at the universe rather than the planets! Michael Hoskin’s account includes sketches and diagrams from Herschel’s manuscripts in the Royal Astronomical Society Archives in which he attempts to delineate the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. While it is well-known that Herschel was a revolutionary in telescope design who constructed the world’s largest telescopes, Hoskin also gives the full picture of the man as an entrepreneur who built and traded some 400 telescopes. Hoskin also pays close attention to the role of William's sister Caroline Herschel, who is usually portrayed as a “helpmate” to her brother. But in fact she became a significant astronomer in her own right. This book also offers a wealth of information of the wider Herschel family. It is enriched by a complete set of portraits of William and Caroline Herschel with an extensive set of images of their residences and closes with a charming appendix on how visitors to the Herschels recorded their encounters. William and Caroline Herschel – Pioneers in Late 18th-Century Astronomy will appeal to amateur astronomers and all those interested in popular astronomy. This book will rapidly establish itself as the primary introductory work for students, astronomers, and scholars working on the history of natural science in the late 18th century.