The Herschels and Modern Astronomy
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. ILLUSTRATIONS.4. CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL.5. CHAPTER II. THE KING’S ASTRONOMER.6. CHAPTER III. THE EXPLORER OF THE HEAVENS.7. CHAPTER IV. HERSCHEL’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.8. CHAPTER V. THE INFLUENCE OF HERSCHEL’S CAREER ON MODERN ASTRONOMY.9. CHAPTER VI. CAROLINE HERSCHEL.10. CHAPTER VII. SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AT CAMBRIDGE AND SLOUGH.11. CHAPTER VIII. EXPEDITION TO THE CAPE.12. CHAPTER IX. LIFE AT COLLINGWOOD.13. CHAPTER X. WRITINGS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS.14. INDEX.