Letter : to Edward Pigott, 1783 Mar. 3 and undated.
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Wheatland, David P.
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Wheatland earned his Harvard SB in 1922. From the description of Notes in History of Science 1, 1940-1941. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512347 ...
Pigott, Edward Smyth, 1824-1895
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Edward Frederick Smyth Pigott, 1824-1895, journalist and connoisseur of theatre. In 1850-1860, he was one of the editors of the Leader, a socialist paper, and later was on the staff of the Daily News. A well-known figure in literary circles, Pigott was a lifelong friend of Wilkie Collins. In 1874 he was appointed Examiner of Plays in the Lord Chamberlain office, which position he held until his death in 1895. From the description of Letters to Edward Smyth Pigott, ca. 1870-1895. (Hun...
Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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William Herschel(b. November 15, 1738, Hannover, Germany–d. August 25, 1822, Slough, England) was a British astronomer and composer, and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). In the course of an observation on 13 March 1781, he ...
