Astronomical papers, 1796-1805.

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Astronomical papers, 1796-1805.

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Includes six manuscript catalogs concerning the comparative brightness of stars, two Flamsteed catalogs, observations on the rotations of planets with diagrams, notes on the properties of light in four packets, among other documents. Documents chiefly in the hand of Caroline Lucretia Herschel, her brother's amanuensis and co-observer.

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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was the first woman to receive full recognition in the field of astronomy. She grew up in Hanover, the only girl among five surviving children of the military musician Isaak Herschel and his wife Anna Ilse Herschel. Against the wishes of her mother, who would have preferred her to be a seamstress, Caroline, like her brothers, received musical training and became a concert singer. Caroline HerschelWhen she was 22 she followed her brother Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel ...

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 ...

Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719

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First astronomer royal. From the description of Autograph document signed : to the Office of Ordnance, 1715 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512435 From the description of Receipt signed : Greenwich, ordering payment to Henry Howell, 1693 Jun. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538667 ...