Note 7 — Chapter III · THE TEREBINTH-LOUSE: THE GALLS
Bernard Miall translation
Sir William Herschel (1738–1822), the Hanoverian-English astronomer, invented the principle of “gauging” the skies which was subsequently applied to the Milky Way by his son, Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792–1871).—Translator’s Note. ↑