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... Herschel was born at Hanover , No- vember 15 , 1738. His father was a musician in the band of the Hanoverian Guard , and trained his son in his own profession . After four years of military service , young Herschel arrived in Eng- land ...
... Herschel was born at Hanover , No- vember 15 , 1738. His father was a musician in the band of the Hanoverian Guard , and trained his son in his own profession . After four years of military service , young Herschel arrived in Eng- land ...
Page 156
... Herschel's name became a household word . George III . in- vited him to Court in order that he might obtain from his own lips an account of his discovery of the new planet ; and so favourable was the impression made by Herschel upon the ...
... Herschel's name became a household word . George III . in- vited him to Court in order that he might obtain from his own lips an account of his discovery of the new planet ; and so favourable was the impression made by Herschel upon the ...
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... Herschel was able to count 500 stars receding in regular order be- hind each other ; between each there existed an interval of space , probably not less extensive than the interstellar spaces among the stars by which we are surrounded ...
... Herschel was able to count 500 stars receding in regular order be- hind each other ; between each there existed an interval of space , probably not less extensive than the interstellar spaces among the stars by which we are surrounded ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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