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A third catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars; with an introductory account of an index to Mr. Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars, contained in the second volume of the Historia Coelestis. To which are added, several useful results derived from that index. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.Date: 1797]- Books
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Investigation of the powers of the prismatic colours to heat and illuminate objects, &c. Experiments on the Refrangibility of the invisible rays of the sun. Experiments on the solar, and on the Terrestrial Rays that occasion heat, &c. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S. being a series of papers read at the Royal Society, and published in the Philosophical Transactions.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.Date: 1800- Books
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Observations of the changeable brightness of the satellites of Jupiter, and of the variation in their apparent magnitudes; with a determination of the time of their rotatory motions on their axes. To which is added, a measure of the diameter of the second satellite, and an estimate of the comparative size of all the four. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.Date: 1797]- Pictures
The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
Russell, John, 1745-1806.Date: 26 November 1806Reference: 498163i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a 40-foot telescope constructed by William Herschel, in use outdoors. Coloured etching, 18--.
Reference: 46257i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a comet in the night sky. Wood engraving, ca. 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 46240i- Pictures
Sir William Herschel: a reproduction of his portrait by J. Godby after F. Rehberg, 1814, on a poster advertising an exhibition of scientific and medical portraits. Colour lithograph, 2000.
Date: 2000Reference: 548187i- Books
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Account of the discovery of a new comet. By Miss Caroline Herschel. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.Date: 1796]- Books
Discoverers of the universe : William and Caroline Herschel / Michael Hoskin.
Hoskin, Michael A.Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
The Herschel partnership : as viewed by Caroline / Michael Hoskin.
Hoskin, Michael A.Date: [2003], ©2003- Pictures
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John Hunter, Edward Jenner, William Herschel and Humphry Davy. Engraving.
Date: 1823Reference: 546507i- Books
The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
Holmes, Richard, 1945-Date: 2008- Books
The sun kings : the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the tale of how modern astronomy began / Stuart Clark.
Clark, Stuart (Stuart G.)Date: [2007], ©2007- Audio
The seven ages of science. 2/7 Age of exploration.
Date: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
Arago, Dominique François (1786-1853)
Arago, Dominique François, 1786-1853.Date: c. 1840, c. 1850Reference: MS.967- Pictures
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The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.Date: 1862Reference: 544960i- Pictures
Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.Date: [1860?]Reference: 575630i