Herschel, William, 1738-1822
William Herschel papers, 1780-1822.
Includes papers relating to the Bath Philosophical Society, transcripts in the hand of Caroline Herschel and Edmund Rack, manuscripts by William Herschel including scientific papers, materials on Uranus, his autobiograhical memoir, and letters from him.
Herschel was a German-born British astronomer. He discovered the planet Uranus and was a pioneer, along with his sister Caroline, of the systematic classification and investigation of the heavens.
Herschel, William, 1738-1822
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Rack, Edmund, 1735?-1787.
Bath Philosophical Society.
Astronomy -- History -- 18th century.
Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
Uranus (Planet)
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Memoirs. aat
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