The Herschels and modern Astronomy

Автор: Agnes M. Clerke
Издательство: Cassell and Company, Limited
Страниц: 242
Год: 1895
Размер: 5,52 МБ

THE chief authority for the Life of Sir William Herschel is Mrs. John Herschel's " 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...