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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Cassell and Co. in 1901 in 233 pages; Subjects: Astronomy; Science / Astronomy; History / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Astronomy; Nature / Star Observation; Science / Astronomy; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; ... Read more

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The Kessinger Reprint
While this edition includes the full text of the original,
the three portraits of William, Caroline and John are
missing. Further, it reproduces pages with a few underlined
phrases and some illegible notes.

These imperfections are a small price to pay to have a
bound personal copy of this well-crafted biographical
history.

My local library continues to lend a copy which is over
100 years old. It would be a pity if this title became
unavailable to readers interested in astronomical history. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Macmillan Reference USA Science Library: Space Sciences, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 231 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.From the history of space exploration to the future of space business, this set offers a broad survey of the space sciences. Includes biographies of scientists and the space-related job market. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World of Earth Science, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 870 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers entries that are written in easy to understand language. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Endeavour, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Caroline Herschel was famous in her own time as the discoverer of eight comets, but of even greater significance was the help she gave her brother William in his exploration of 'the construction of the heavens'. She acted as his amanuensis during night watches, wrote up neat copies of their observing records and prepared his papers for publication. She also compiled an index to John Flamsteed's Star Catalogue, which was published by the Royal Society at its own expense, and after William's death she reorganized his catalogues of nebulae so that his son John could revise his father's work. Yet Caroline's was a hard and largely loveless life, for which she found the recognition that came her way a scant consolation. ... Read more

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Herschel's parents--The two brothers--A musical family--An inventive genius--The brothers in England--Herschel as an organist--A laborious life--Mechanical ingenuity of William Herschel--Telescope-making--A Sunday misadventure--Constructing a twenty-foot telescope--A domestic picture--Discovery of a new planet--Herschel's combined musical and astronomical pursuits--A thirty-foot telescope--Casting the mirror--An explosion
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