Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PLATES IN VOL. I
- CORRIGENDA IN VOL. I
- A SHORT ACCOUNT OF SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL'S LIFE AND WORK, chiefly from unpublished sources
- UNPUBLISHED PAPERS
- PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND ELSEWHERE
- 1 Observations on the periodical Star in Collo Ceti (1780)
- 2 Observations relating to the Mountains of the Moon (1780)
- 3 Observations on the Rotation of the Planets round their Axes (1781)
- 4 Account of a Comet [Discovery of Uranus] (1781)
- 5 On the Parallax of the Fixed Stars (1782)
- 6 Catalogue of Double Stars (1782)
- 7 Description of a Lamp-Micrometer (1782)
- 8 A Paper to obviate some Doubts concerning the great Magnifying Powers used (1782)
- 9 A Letter [on the name of the Georgian Planet] (1783)
- 10 On the Diameter and Magnitude of the Georgium Sidus; with Description of Disc and Periphery Micrometers (1783)
- 11 On the Proper Motion of the Sun and Solar System (1783)
- 12 On the remarkable Appearances at the Polar Regions of the Planet Mars (1784)
- 13 Account of some Observations tending to investigate the Construction of the Heavens (1784)
- 14 [Second] Catalogue of Double Stars (1785)
- 15 On the Construction of the Heavens (1785)
- 16 Catalogue of One Thousand new Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars (1786)
- 17 Investigation of the Cause of that Indistinctness of Vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the Optic Pencil (1786)
- 18 Remarks on the new Comet (1786)
- 19 An Account of the Discovery of Two Satellites of the Georgian Planet (1787)
- 20 An Account of Three Volcanoes in the Moon (1787)
- 21 On the Georgian Planet and its Satellites (1788)
- 22 Observations on a Comet (1789)
- 23 Catalogue of a Second Thousand of new Nebulæ and clusters of Stars; with introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens (1789)
- 24 Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of Saturn; with Remarks on the Construction of its Ring (1790)
- 25 On the Satellites of Saturn and the Rotation of its Ring (1790)
- 26 On Nebulous Stars, properly so called (1791)
- 27 On the Ring of Saturn, and the Rotation of the fifth Satellite (1792)
- 28 Miscellaneous Observations (1792). Account of a Comet
- 29 Observations on the Planet Venus (1793)
- 30 Observations on a quintuple Belt on the Planet Saturn (1794)
- 31 Account of Particulars observed during an Eclipse of the Sun (1794)
- 32 On the Rotation of the Planet Saturn (1794)
- 33 On the Nature and Construction of the Sun and fixed Stars (1795)
- 34 Description of a Forty-foot Reflecting Telescope (1795)
- 35 Additional Observations of the Comet (1796)
- 36 On the method of observing the Changes that happen to the fixed Stars; with Remarks on the Stability of the Light of our Sun, and a Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars (1796)
- 37 On the periodical star a Herculis; with Remarks on the Rotation of Stars, and a Second Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars (1796)
- 38 Third Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars; with an introductory Account of an Index to Flamsteed's Observations (1797)
8 - A Paper to obviate some Doubts concerning the great Magnifying Powers used (1782)
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PLATES IN VOL. I
- CORRIGENDA IN VOL. I
- A SHORT ACCOUNT OF SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL'S LIFE AND WORK, chiefly from unpublished sources
- UNPUBLISHED PAPERS
- PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND ELSEWHERE
- 1 Observations on the periodical Star in Collo Ceti (1780)
- 2 Observations relating to the Mountains of the Moon (1780)
- 3 Observations on the Rotation of the Planets round their Axes (1781)
- 4 Account of a Comet [Discovery of Uranus] (1781)
- 5 On the Parallax of the Fixed Stars (1782)
- 6 Catalogue of Double Stars (1782)
- 7 Description of a Lamp-Micrometer (1782)
- 8 A Paper to obviate some Doubts concerning the great Magnifying Powers used (1782)
- 9 A Letter [on the name of the Georgian Planet] (1783)
- 10 On the Diameter and Magnitude of the Georgium Sidus; with Description of Disc and Periphery Micrometers (1783)
- 11 On the Proper Motion of the Sun and Solar System (1783)
- 12 On the remarkable Appearances at the Polar Regions of the Planet Mars (1784)
- 13 Account of some Observations tending to investigate the Construction of the Heavens (1784)
- 14 [Second] Catalogue of Double Stars (1785)
- 15 On the Construction of the Heavens (1785)
- 16 Catalogue of One Thousand new Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars (1786)
- 17 Investigation of the Cause of that Indistinctness of Vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the Optic Pencil (1786)
- 18 Remarks on the new Comet (1786)
- 19 An Account of the Discovery of Two Satellites of the Georgian Planet (1787)
- 20 An Account of Three Volcanoes in the Moon (1787)
- 21 On the Georgian Planet and its Satellites (1788)
- 22 Observations on a Comet (1789)
- 23 Catalogue of a Second Thousand of new Nebulæ and clusters of Stars; with introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens (1789)
- 24 Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of Saturn; with Remarks on the Construction of its Ring (1790)
- 25 On the Satellites of Saturn and the Rotation of its Ring (1790)
- 26 On Nebulous Stars, properly so called (1791)
- 27 On the Ring of Saturn, and the Rotation of the fifth Satellite (1792)
- 28 Miscellaneous Observations (1792). Account of a Comet
- 29 Observations on the Planet Venus (1793)
- 30 Observations on a quintuple Belt on the Planet Saturn (1794)
- 31 Account of Particulars observed during an Eclipse of the Sun (1794)
- 32 On the Rotation of the Planet Saturn (1794)
- 33 On the Nature and Construction of the Sun and fixed Stars (1795)
- 34 Description of a Forty-foot Reflecting Telescope (1795)
- 35 Additional Observations of the Comet (1796)
- 36 On the method of observing the Changes that happen to the fixed Stars; with Remarks on the Stability of the Light of our Sun, and a Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars (1796)
- 37 On the periodical star a Herculis; with Remarks on the Rotation of Stars, and a Second Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars (1796)
- 38 Third Catalogue of comparative Brightness of Stars; with an introductory Account of an Index to Flamsteed's Observations (1797)
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- The Scientific Papers of Sir William HerschelIncluding Early Papers Hitherto Unpublished, pp. 97 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1912