PERSON DETAILS:

Name:

Herschel, William

Alias:

Herschel, John Frederick William

Lifetime:

1738 - 1822

Originals:

Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope	More

Observations tending to investigate the nature of the sun, in order to find the causes or symptoms of its variable emission of light and heat; with remarks on the use that may possibly be drawn from solar observations	More

On the construction of the heavens	More

Catalogue of a second thousand of new nebulæ and clusters of stars, with a few introductory remarks on the construction of the heavens	More