Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL
- CHAPTER II THE KING'S ASTRONOMER
- CHAPTER III THE EXPLORER OF THE HEAVENS
- CHAPTER IV HERSCHEL'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
- CHAPTER V THE INFLUENCE OF HERSCHEL'S CAREER ON MODERN ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER VI CAROLINE HERSCHEL
- CHAPTER VII SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AT CAMBRIDGE AND SLOUGH
- CHAPTER VIII EXPEDITION TO THE CAPE
- CHAPTER IX LIFE AT COLLINGWOOD
- CHAPTER X WRITINGS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL
- CHAPTER II THE KING'S ASTRONOMER
- CHAPTER III THE EXPLORER OF THE HEAVENS
- CHAPTER IV HERSCHEL'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
- CHAPTER V THE INFLUENCE OF HERSCHEL'S CAREER ON MODERN ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER VI CAROLINE HERSCHEL
- CHAPTER VII SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AT CAMBRIDGE AND SLOUGH
- CHAPTER VIII EXPEDITION TO THE CAPE
- CHAPTER IX LIFE AT COLLINGWOOD
- CHAPTER X WRITINGS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1895