The Herschels and Modern Astronomy
by Agnes M. Clerke
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About this eBook
- Author
- Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary), 1842-1907
- Credits
- Fay Dunn, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 64649
- Release Date
- February 27, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HERSCHELS AND MODERN ASTRONOMY
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.CONTENTS.
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 7.The Herschels AND MODERN ASTRONOMY.
- 8.CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL.
- 9.CHAPTER II. THE KING’S ASTRONOMER.
- 10.CHAPTER III. THE EXPLORER OF THE HEAVENS.
- 11.CHAPTER IV. HERSCHEL’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
- 12.CHAPTER V. THE INFLUENCE OF HERSCHEL’S CAREER ON MODERN ASTRONOMY.
- 13.CHAPTER VI. CAROLINE HERSCHEL.
- 14.CHAPTER VII. SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AT CAMBRIDGE AND SLOUGH.
- 15.CHAPTER VIII. EXPEDITION TO THE CAPE.
- 16.CHAPTER IX. LIFE AT COLLINGWOOD.
- 17.CHAPTER X. WRITINGS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS.
- 18.INDEX.
- 19.Transcriber’s Notes
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