INDEX.

Academy, R. Irish, 300.

Astronomical Society of London, 221, 271.

Aubert, Alex., letter from Miss Herschel on discovering her first comet, 66; her third comet, 86.

Baily, F., letter from Miss Herschel, 272-274; letter to her with his “Account of Flamsteed,” 281; her answer, 282.

Baldwin, Miss, her marriage, 129; death, 132.

Banks, Sir J., letter from William Herschel on his sister’s second comet, 84; from Miss Herschel on her third comet, 85; and her eighth, 94.

Beckedorff, Miss, letters during the latter years of Miss Herschel’s life, 338-340, 343-345.

Beckedorff, Mrs., 108.

Blagden, Dr., letter from Miss Herschel about her first comet, 65.

Brewster, Sir David, opinion of Miss Herschel’s catalogue of all the star-clusters and Nebulæ, 145, 146.

Cambridge, Duke of, letter to Miss Herschel on the return of her nephew from the Cape, 292.

Cape of Good Hope—Sir John Herschel leaves the Cape, 292.

Collingwood, the seat of the Herschel family, 320.

Comets, Miss Herschel’s first, 64; second, 80; third, 85; fifth, sixth, 93; eighth, 94.

Cumberland, Duke of, proclaimed king of Hanover, 290.

Dessau, Princess of Anhalt, letter to Miss Herschel, 267.

Earthquake at Lisbon, sensation produced in Hanover, 6.

Encke, Prof., letter to Miss Herschel, 248.

Englefield, Sir H., letter from W. Herschel on his sister’s second comet, 83.

Epitaph on Miss Herschel, 351.

Etna, Mount, ascent by Sir John Herschel, 173.

Flamsteed’s Catalogue, calculations for, 60.

Forty-foot telescope, 76, 308, 309, 310.

Gauss, Hofrath, letter from Miss Herschel, with her index to Flamsteed’s Observations, 191; his answer, 195.

George III. visits the Slough Observatory, 104; anecdote of, and the Archb. of Canterbury, 309.

Georgian Satellites, the, 74, 305, 316.

Georgium Sidus, the, discovered, 39.

Gloucester, Princess Sophia of, visit to the telescope, 128.

Halley’s Comet, 283.

Herschel, Alex., assists his brother William, 36, 53, 109, 111, 115, 122; returns to Hanover, 125; death, 132; notice of, 132.

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, early recollections, 1-28; affection for her brother William, 9; at the Garrison school, 11; her father’s careful training, 13; typhus fever, 15; confirmation, 17; learns dress-making, 21; accompanies William to England, 26-28; life in Bath, 29-50; Heimwehe, 33; visit to Mrs. Colebrook, 34; musical rehearsals, 36; reputation as a singer, 40; assists her brother, 42; life at Datchet, 50; accidents, 55; Clay Hall, 57; Slough, 58; Flamsteed’s Catalogue, 60, 61; her sweeps, 64, 146-148; first comet, 64; salary of 50l. as her brother’s assistant, 75; her eight comets, 80-94; lives by herself, 95; Index to Flamsteed’s Observations, 96; extracts from diary, 98-132; at Bath, 105; at Slough, 107; removes to Chalvy, 108; resides at Upton, 109; returns to Hanover on the death of her brother, 133; Recollections, 133-140; her works, 145; bitter disappointment in her brother Dietrich’s family, 149; letters, 152; Catalogue of the Nebulæ, 181; her will, 200; presentation of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 221; her Portrait, 237, 338; Paganini, 247; her nephew’s visit, 254; anecdotes of his boyish amusements, 259; Hon. Member of the Royal Astronomical Society, 271; letter from Mrs. Somerville, 274; illumination in honour of the Duke of Cumberland being proclaimed king of Hanover, 290; visit of her nephew and his son, 293-295; Hon. Member of the R. Irish Academy, 300; extracts from day-book, 303-307; anecdotes of the forty-foot telescope, 308, 309; describes Christmas in Germany, 313; her 92nd birthday, 318; begins the history of the Herschels, 324; her 93rd birthday, 330; the first railway between Hanover and Braunschweig, 334; presented with a gold medal by the king of Prussia, 336; her last letter, 337; enters her 98th year, 339; her death, 344; funeral, 347; epitaph, 351; her grave, 352.

Herschel, Sir John, first mention of, 104; at Cambridge, 117; senior wrangler, 120; member of the University of Göttingen, 125; ascends Mount Etna, 172; at Munich, 175; visits his aunt, 177, 293; Secretary to the Royal Society, 181; at Montpelier, 201; catalogue of double stars, 213; his marriage, 236; describes his aunt, 254; anecdotes of his boyhood, 259; letters from the Cape, 263; sweeping, 266; the Milky Way, 270; Halley’s comet, 283; spots on the sun, 286, 287; Saturn’s sixth satellite, 288, 289; returns to England, 292; created a baronet, 305; on the Orionis star, 316; eclipse of the sun in 1842, 327; his chrysotype pictures, 327; translation of Schiller’s “Walk,” 328, 329; acknowledges his aunt’s history, 333.

Herschel, Lady, letters from Miss Herschel, 152 et seq.; her death, 252.

Herschel, Sir William, early display of talents, 3; proficiency in music, 7; accompanies his regiment to England, 8; resides at Bath, 21; fetches his sister Caroline, 26; his musical compositions, 36; erection of the twenty-foot telescope, 37; discovers the Georgium Sidus, 39; casting of the great mirror, 43; goes to London and is introduced to the King, 45; Royal Astronomer, 50; limited salary, 50; removes to Datchet, 50; to Clay Hall, 57; to Slough, 58; the Georgian Satellites, 74; marriage, 78; observations on his sister’s comet, 84, 85; his failing health, 124; sits for his portrait, 129; death, 133.

Hesse, Princess of, letter to Miss Herschel, 267.

Humboldt, Alex. von, letter to Miss Herschel, with the Gold Medal for Science from the king of Prussia, 336, 337.

Knipping, Mme., extract from letter upon Miss Herschel’s death, 346.

La Lande, J. de, letter to Miss Herschel, 89; her answer, 91.

Lind, James, 100.

Morgan, A. de, letter from Miss Herschel on being elected Hon. Member of the R. A. Society, 271.

Mars, observations on, 53.

Maskelyne, Rev. Dr., letter from Miss Herschel, on discovering her second comet, 80; on the Index to Flamsteed’s Observations, 96.

Nebulæ, the, 196-198.

Nebulæ, the Cape, and double stars, 328.

Ole Bull, the violinist, 306.

Orange, Prince of, at Slough, 99.

Orionis, α, a variable and periodical star, 316.

Piazzi, Abbé, at Slough, 55; at Catania, 173.

Pigott, Ed., letter to Miss Herschel on the Flamsteed Catalogue, 101.

Railway, first, between Hanover and Braunschweig, 334.

Ross, Capt., his return with the South Polar Expedition, 333, 334.

Schiller’s “Walk,” translated by Sir J. Herschel, 328, 329.

Schumacher, Prof., letter from Miss Herschel, 260.

Scorpio, 258, 266.

Seyffer, Prof., letter to Miss Herschel, 92.

Somerville, Mrs., letter to Miss Herschel, with her “Connexion of the Physical Sciences,” 274.

South, J., his 400 stars, 194; his address to the Astronomical Society on presenting the hon. medal to Miss Herschel, 222-227.

Stewart, P., letter from Miss Herschel, 277.

Sun, spots on the, 286, 287.

“Survey of the Nebulous Heavens,” the conclusion of Sir W. Herschel’s vast undertaking, 341.

Sweepings for comets, 146-148.

Telescope, the forty-foot, anecdotes of, 308, 309; its final preservation, 310.

Watson, Sir W., first acquaintance with W. Herschel, 42.

Wilson, Alex., notice of, 99.

Zodiacal light, the, 331.

THE END.

BRADBURY, AGNEW, CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

Footnotes

Transcriber’s Note

Some corrections were made to the original text. In particular, punctuation was corrected without further note. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation was retained unless noted otherwise. The order of Index entries was corrected where errors were found. Ditto marks were replaced by the text they represent. There was no marker for Footnote 21; its placement has been assumed. Further corrections are noted below:

p. 91 Ungeshick -> Ungeschick

p. 125 Gottingen -> Göttingen

p. 181 liknesses -> likenesses

p. 212 Von -> von

p. 226 Herchel's -> Herschel's

p. 240 excpet -> except

p. 266 nebulæ -> nebula

p. 304 Hohembaum -> Hohenbaum

p. 312 to of the age -> to the age of

p. 326 fouteeth -> fourteenth

Footnote 18 ommon -> common