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Author : Agnes Mary Clerke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Science
ISBN : NYPL:33433082373634
Author : Agnes Mary Clerke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1694128261
The Herschels in this biography are Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), his sister Caroline (1750-1848) and Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), William's son. Sir William was an astronomer and telescope-maker who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. He was appointed 'the King's astronomer' to George III in 1782, and under his patronage built the then largest telescope in the world. Caroline Herschel worked as her brother's assistant for much of his career but was also an accomplished astronomer in her own right, discovering eight comets and producing a catalogue of nebulae. Her nephew Sir John Herschel was also a distinguished astronomer who made many observations of stars in the southern hemisphere. This book by the astronomer and writer Agnes Clerke (1842-1907), published in 1895, provides both an analysis of their work and an assessment of its contribution to later astronomical research.
Author : Agnes Mary Clerke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : OCLC:14403376
Author : Agnes M. Clerke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1330282299
Excerpt from The Herschels and Modern Astronomy The chief authority for the Life of Sir William Herschel is Mrs. John Herschels "Memoir of Caroline Herschel" (London, 1876). It embodies Caroline's Journals and Recollections, the accuracy of which is above suspicion. William himself, indeed, referred to her for dates connected with his early life. The collateral sources of information are few and meagre; they yield mere gleanings, yet gleanings worth collecting. Professor E. S. Holden has had recourse to many of them for his excellent little monograph entitled "Herschel, his Life and Works" (London, 1881), which is usefully supplemented by "A Synopsis of the Scientific Writings of Sir William Herschel," prepared by the same author with the aid of Professor Hastings. It made part of the Smithsonian Report for 1880, and was printed separately at Washington in 1881. But the wonderful series of papers it summarises have still to be sought, one by one, by those desiring to study them effectually, in the various volumes of the Philosophical Transactions in which they originally appeared. Their collection and republication is, nevertheless, a recognised desideratum, and would fill a conspicuous gap in scientific literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Agnes M. Clerke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337973574
Author : AGNES M. CLERKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033637904
Author : Agnes Mary CLERKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:557785059
Author : Agnes M 1842-1907 Clerke
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298776457
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Michael Hoskin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400838127
A biography of the brother and sister who helped found modern astronomy Discoverers of the Universe tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to Britain's King George III, and of William's sister, Caroline, who assisted him in his observations of the night sky and became an accomplished astronomer in her own right. Together, they transformed our view of the universe from the unchanging, mechanical creation of Newton's clockmaker god to the ever-evolving, incredibly dynamic cosmos that it truly is. William was in his forties when his amateur observations using a homemade telescope led to his discovery of Uranus, and an invitation to King George's court. He coined the term "asteroid," discovered infrared radiation, was the first to realize that our solar system is moving through space, discovered 2,500 nebulae that form the basis of the catalog astronomers use today, and was unrivalled as a telescope builder. Caroline shared William's passion for astronomy, recording his observations during night watches and organizing his papers for publication. She was the first salaried woman astronomer in history, a pioneer who herself discovered nine comets and became a role model for women in the sciences. Written by the world's premier expert on the Herschels, Discoverers of the Universe traces William and Caroline's many extraordinary contributions to astronomy, shedding new light on their productive but complicated relationship, and setting their scientific achievements in the context of their personal struggles, larger-than-life ambitions, bitter disappointments, and astonishing triumphs.
Author : Michael Hoskin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139505543
The astronomical observations of William Herschel (1738–1822) made him question the accepted model of the clockwork universe. This volume explains the development of Herschel's thoughts on what he called 'the construction of the heavens' and reprints his principal papers on this subject. The preliminary chapters provide an introduction to Herschel, including his unusual path to astronomy, the discovery of Uranus and his work on the evolution of stellar clusters, which eventually led him to challenge the unchanging Newtonian universe. The second half of the text comprises eight of Herschel's key papers on what we today would call cosmology, representing his progress between 1783 and 1814, fully annotated with historical notes and modern astrophysical explanations. Ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the history of science and in astronomy, this volume explains Herschel's pivotal role in the transformation from the clockwork universe to the 'biological' universe of modern astronomy.
Author : Agnes Mary Clerke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1296159353
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Hector Macpherson
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066443627
This work presents well-written biography of the German-born British astronomer and composer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. He is famous for pioneering astronomical spectrophotometry, using prisms and temperature measuring tools to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. During these investigations, Herschel discovered infrared radiation, which got him immense recognition worldwide.
Author : John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : BL:A0022705629
Author : Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : NYPL:33433087586677
Author : Wolfgang Steinicke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139490108
Providing the first comprehensive historical study of the New General Catalogue, this book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. It covers the people, observatories, instruments and methods involved in nineteenth-century visual deep-sky observing, as well as prominent deep-sky objects.