Papers, 1780-1822.

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Papers, 1780-1822.

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Includes papers relating to the Bath Philosophical Society, transcripts in the hand of Caroline Herschel and Edmund Rack, manuscripts by William Herschel including scientific papers, materials on Uranus, his autobiograhical memoir, and letters from him.

4 v. (1 linear ft.)

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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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Epithet: sister of Sir W Herschel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00021f Caroline Lucretia Herschel, British astronomer. From the description of Caroline Lucretia Herschel manuscript material : 1 item, 1825 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 426180349 ...

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 ...

Rack, Edmund, 1735?-1787

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Bath Philosophical Society.

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