21. No. 395: John Herschel John Herschel, modest inheritor of an. But then John Herschel threw the veilof modesty over all his dazzling accomplishment. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi395.htm

No. 395: JOHN HERSCHEL by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 395. Today, we meet a modest giant. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. W illiam Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus, was 50 when he married. He was 54 when his only son, John, was born in 1792. John was raised by a cheerful mother, a famous father, and a maiden aunt, Caroline. Caroline was also an astronomer of first rank. It was she who discovered the nebulae in Cetus and Andromeda. For 56 years she and John were joined by a great bond of affection. The household was more than a home. It was also an observatory. The grounds housed the largest reflector telescope in the world. It was 40 feet long with a 48-inch mirror. You might say John was born with a silver telescope in his eye. At first, John studied mathematics at Cambridge.

22. John Herschel John Herschel was awarded numerous prizes in the course of his A very activeand wellknown public figure, John Herschel was one of the founder of the http://www.hao.ucar.edu/Public/education/bios/jherschel.html

NCAR UCAR UOP Home About Research Observatories Instruments Education ... Solar Physicists : John Herschel John Herschel (1792-1871) www HAO only all of NCAR/UCAR/UOP John Frederick William Herschel was born on 7 March 1792 in Slough, England, the only offspring of the already famous astronomer William Herschel . Raised by his father and aunt Caroline (also an astronomer), he studied mathematics at St John's College in Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1816. He then launched into his astronomical career, focusing at first on the study of double stars. In January 1834, after five years of preparation Herschel set out with his family to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to engage in the mammoth task of mapping and cataloguing the then largely uncharted Southern celestial hemisphere. It is during this stay at the Cape that Herschel engaged, in 1837-1838, in his pioneering measurements of the solar energy output. Upon his return to England in May 1838, Herschel became increasingly interested in the newly founded art of photography (a name coined by Herschel himself, in fact), and became a strong and vocal proponent for its use in astronomy. In 1849 he published his Outlines of Astronomy , which became a standard textbook for decades to follow. His

23. Encyclopedia: William Herschel John herschel john Frederick William Herschel (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) wasan English mathematician and astronomer. March 7 is the 66th day of the http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/William-Herschel

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24. John Herschel - Wikipedia Translate this page John Herschel war der Sohn von Wilhelm Herschel und wurde zunächst Jurist.Später wendete er sich wie sein Vater der Astronomie zu und übernahm dessen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel

Wikimedia braucht Ihre Hilfe Helfen Sie uns, 200.000$ zu sammeln, damit Wikipedia und ihre Schwesterprojekte auch weiterhin kostenlos und werbefrei der Allgemeinheit zur Verf¼gung stehen. Weitere Informationen auf unserer Spenden-Seite John Herschel aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklop¤die John Herschel John Frederick William Herschel 7. M¤rz in Slough bei Windsor 11. Mai in Hawkhurst Kent ) war ein britischer Astronom Bearbeiten Leben Herschels Teleskop in S¼dafrika John Herschel war der Sohn von Wilhelm Herschel und wurde zun¤chst Jurist. Sp¤ter wendete er sich wie sein Vater der Astronomie zu und ¼bernahm dessen Sternwarte Er entdeckte, dass die Magellanschen Wolken aus Sternen bestehen, gab verschiedene Sternen-Kataloge heraus und f¼hrte das Julianische Datum in die Astronomie ein. Er wurde geadelt Pr¤sident der Royal Astronomical Society und k¶niglicher M¼nzmeister. Seine Vielseitigkeit beweist auch die Anwendung der Lichtempfindlichkeit bestimmter Eisensalze zu einem damals neuen fotografischen Verfahren, der Cyanotypie Bearbeiten Weblinks http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Herschel.html

25. GLENN, John Herschel, Jr. - Biographical Information From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000236

26. Herschel Biography of john herschel (17921871) john herschel was the son of Williamherschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus. His mother Mary Pitt was the http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Herschel.html

John Frederick William Herschel Born: 7 March 1792 in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England Died: 11 May 1871 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England Click the picture above to see seven larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Version for printing John Herschel was the son of William Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus. His mother Mary Pitt was the daughter of a wealthy merchant. She was 38 years old when she married William Herschel, her first husband and her only child having both died. When John Herschel was born in 1792 William was 55 years old and Mary was 42. In addition to his parents, his aunt Caroline Herschel was another important figure in John Herschel's upbringing. William Herschel was not only a leading astronomer but he also had a great talent for music. Both he and his sister Caroline Herschel were extremely musical, and they had both used their musical talents to help augment their income after first arriving in England. John was brought up in Observatory House, with its 40 foot telescope, where music, science and religion were dominant. Caroline Herschel had left her brother's home when he married, but she continued to come to Observatory House every day to help William reduce his data and she proved an outstanding teacher to John, carrying out experiments in physics and chemistry with the young boy.

27. Herschel_Caroline She was sister of William herschel and the aunt of john herschel. Her nephewjohn herschel, visiting Caroline in June 1832 when she was 83 years old, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Herschel_Caroline.htm

Caroline Lucretia Herschel Born: 16 March 1750 in Hannover, Hanover (now Germany) Died: 9 Jan 1848 in Hannover, Hanover (now Germany) Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Version for printing Caroline Herschel was the daughter of Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. She was sister of William Herschel and the aunt of John Herschel . Caroline's father Isaac was an oboist in the Hanovarian Foot Guards and rose to become the bandmaster. Although a man with no formal education, he tried hard to give his four sons and two daughters a good education. His interests in music, philosophy and astronomy led to lively conversations in their home but Caroline's mother disapproved of learning in general and although she reluctantly accepted that her four sons should have some education, she strongly opposed her daughters doing anything other than the household chores. Caroline Herschel's four brothers were all brought up to be musicians while Caroline showed an enthusiasm for knowledge which her father tried to satisfy despite all her mother's efforts to ensure that she did nothing but household tasks. Caroline recalled that her father took her [4]:- ... on a clear frosty night into the street, to make me acquainted with several of the beautiful constellations, after we had been gazing at a comet which was then visible.

28. Herschel, Sir John, 1st Baronet --  Encyclopædia Britannica herschel, Sir john, 1st Baronet English astronomer and successor to his father,Sir William herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040234

Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Early life. Observation of double stars. Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere. Additional Reading ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Herschel, Sir John (Frederick William), 1st Baronet  Encyclopædia Britannica Article Page 1 of 5 Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet born March 7, 1792, Slough, Buckinghamshire, Eng. died May 11, 1871, Collingwood, Kent By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London English astronomer and successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery. Herschel, Sir John, 1st Baronet...

29. Herschel, John --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia herschel, john (1792–1871). English astronomer john Frederick William herschelwas born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on March 7, 1792. http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9326223

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30. Gallica - Herschel, John. Outlines Of Astronomy [Document électronique]. 1995. http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-94926

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32. Herschel_Note john FW herschel. The son of William herschel, the discoverer of Uranus.john herschel studied mathematics and astronomy, made an expedition to the Cape of http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/phisci/Gallery/herschel_note.html

John F. W. Herschel The son of William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus. John Herschel studied mathematics and astronomy, made an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in order to supplement his father's astronomical work made in the northern hemisphere. As a philosopher of sciece, his book A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1830) was influencial in illustrating rules of induction and hypothetico-deductive method with concrete examples from physics and related fields; for instance, young Darwin eagerly read it, and Mill's famous "Canons of Induction" are nothing but reformulations of some of Herschel's views. Further, as some historians (C. C. Gillispie in particular) have pointed out, his long review of Quetelet raised interests in probability theory among British scholars; young Maxwell presumably got inspiration from this review, as one can infer from Maxwell's famous 1860 paper on the kinetic theoy of gases as well as from Maxwell's letter (1850) to Campbell. It may be noted that Herschel suggested the frequency interpetation of probability against the Laplacian "classical" (but ambivalent) view. See Herschel-Mill on Induction BACK TO HERSCHEL PICTURE BACK TO GALLERY INDEX Last modified December 14, 1999. (c) Soshichi Uchii

33. Herschel Translate this page john FW herschel (1792-1871). Last modified September 9, 2003. Soshichi Uchii.suchii@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp. http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/phisci/Gallery/herschel.html

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34. Herschel, John (1792-1871) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biograph herschel, john (17921871). English astronomer who was the only son of Williamherschel. He traveled to Cape Colony, South Africa, and began mapping the http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/HerschelJohn.html

Branch of Science Astronomers Nationality English ... Scientific Families Herschel, John (1792-1871) English astronomer who was the only son of William Herschel . He traveled to Cape Colony, South Africa, and began mapping the southern skies as his father had mapped the northern. He was the first to measure the brightness of stars with great precision. Herschel (William) Additional biographies: Bonn MacTutor (St. Andrews)

35. Sir John Frederick William Herschel [Pictures And Photos Of] Sir john Frederick William herschel pictures, photos, photographs, images, physicshistory. http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Herschel_William.html

A larger image of any photo may be purchased. Click on an image to place an order. For more information visit our home page Sir John Frederick William Herschel Description old age, three-quarter view, hat Item ID Herschel John Frederick A1 Sir John Frederick William Herschel Description old age, full face, suit, sitting, desk, papers, pen Item ID Herschel John Frederick A2 Sir John Frederick William Herschel Description young, full face, high collar, suit Item ID Herschel John Frederick A3

36. AIP Niels Bohr Library herschel at the Cape; diaries and correspondence of Sir john herschel, 18341838 . by herschel, john FW (john Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. http://www.aip.org/history/catalog/12370.html

If you are not immediately redirected, please click here My List - Help Browse Books Archival Resources Archival Finding Aids Photos Browse FAQs Past Searches History Home Search: Author Subject Title Journal/Newspaper Title Series Computer File (Software) Title Video Title Refine Search AIP Niels Bohr Library Item Information Holdings More by this author Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. Subjects Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 Diaries. Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 Correspondence. Astronomers Correspondence. Astronomers Diaries. Browse Catalog by author: Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. by title: Herschel at the Cape... MARC Display Herschel at the Cape; diaries and correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838. Edited with an introd. by David S. Evans [and others] by Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. Austin, University of Texas Press [1969] [1969] Call Number: N8 HER:C Description: xxxv, 398 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. 24 cm.

37. Herschel, John (Frederick William) herschel, john (Frederick William) (17921871). English scientist, astronomer,and photographer who discovered thousands of close double stars, clusters, http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/H/HerschelJ/1.ht

Herschel, John (Frederick William) English scientist, astronomer, and photographer who discovered thousands of close double stars, clusters, and nebulae. He coined the terms 'photography', 'negative', and 'positive', discovered sodium thiosulphite as a fixer of silver halides, and invented the cyanotype process; his inventions also include astronomical instruments. Herschel was born in Slough, the son of William Herschel, and studied at Cambridge. He held no academic post but devoted himself to private research. He mapped the southern skies from the Cape of Good Hope Observatory in South Africa 1834-38. During the early days of photography he gave lectures on the subject and exhibited his own images. Together with James South, he won the Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society 1826 for their catalogue of double stars published 1824. His works include Outlines of Astronomy 1849, which became a standard textbook; General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters, still the standard reference catalogue; and General Catalogue of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars, published posthumously.

38. Herschel, John Frederick William herschel, john Frederick William. English scientist, astronomer, and photographerwho discovered thousands of close double stars, clusters, and nebulae. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006027.html

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39. Herschel, John Frederick William (1792-1871) It was during john herschel s time at the Cape that the great Moon Hoax wasperpetrated. He was the first to notice the variability of Betelgeuse (1836), http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/HerschelJ.html

Return to The Worlds of David Darling INDEX LATEST NEWS ARCHIVE ... Z entire Web this site Herschel, John Frederick William (1792-1871) An English astronomer, only son of F. William Herschel , who continued his father's observations of nebulae and double stars, and, in 1834, began a survey of the southern sky from the Cape of Good Hope. This survey,the first systematic observation of the sky in the southern hemisphere, yielded 2,307 nebulae and 2,102 double stars which he listed, together with his father's discoveries, in the General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters New General Catalogue . It was during John Herschel's time at the Cape that the great "Moon Hoax" was perpetrated. He was the first to notice the variability of Betelgeuse (1836), the first to measure the solar constant , and a pioneer of stellar photometry BACK TO TOP var site="s13space1234"

40. Herschel, John F.W. Letters And Papers Of Sir John Herschel From The Archives Of COVERAGE, Prominent British scientist john herschel contributed to important herschel, john FW (john Frederick William), Sir, 17921871 Archives. 10. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/microtext/collection/pages/herschel.html

[Main Index] [Microform Search] [Site Map] [Microtext Section Home] ... [U of T Home] Herschel, John F.W. Letters and Papers of Sir John Herschel from the Archives of the Royal Society . Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1990. 28 reels. COVERAGE Prominent British scientist John Herschel contributed to important advances in mathematics, physics, photochemistry, philosophy of science, and above all, in astronomy. This collection includes 10,000 letters, three-quarters of which are addressed to Herschel by eminent British and foreign scientists. It includes correspondence between Herschel and such distinguished thinkers as Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Mary Somerville, and many others. Papers include his diaries, laboratory notebooks, astronomical observation books, specimens of his pioneering photographic works, and selected books. ACCESS Consult the guide listed below. It lists all the letters in the collection with author, date and provenance, information on the manuscripts, other material, and reel number. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. For more information, inquire at the Gerstein Science Information Centre. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS Crowe, Michael J.

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