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264 Herschel, Sir William, birth, 3.

„ father of, 6.

„ other's foolishness, 8, 9, 18, 21.

„ schooldays of, 11.

„ knowledge of languages, 12.

„ musical and mechanical ability, 13.

„ astronomy, 14.

„ visit to England, 16.

„ flight from Hanover, 19.

„ engagements in England, 24, 257.

„ visit to Italy, 26.

„ removes to Bath, 27.

„ gives concerts there, 27, 258.

„ appointed to Octagon Chapel, 28, 258.

„ race for fame, 32.

„ work in Bath, 35.

„ drought by day, frost by night, 39.

„ discovery of, 47.

„ aims in observing, 53.

„ length of earth's day, 66.

„ "Account of a Comet," 68.

„ Uranus, 73.

„ Catalogue of Double Stars, 80.

„ contributions to ''Phil. Trans.'', 81.

„ Copley Medal, 84.

„ public opinion, 85.

„ summoned to court, 86.

„ "showman of the heavens," 89.

„ no honour bestowed till 1816, 94.

„ encouragement of science, 96.

„ disparagement of his work, 101, 222.

„ King's Astronomer, 103.

„ polishing his great mirror, 112.

„ his ingenuity, 117. „ accidents, 119.

Herschel, requiem of telescope, 125.

„ reviews of the heavens, 129.

„ simplicity and kindness, 209, 259.

„ failing health, 210.

„ religious sentiments, 215.

„ Arago's eulogium, 217.

Huggins, Sir William, 229.

Jupiter, 175.

Keats, 91.

Laboratories of universe, 139.

Lalande, 40, 51, 58, 77, 88, 105.

Linley, Pump-room band, 27, 258.

„ his daughter's singing, 28.

Mars, 173.

Maskelyne, honoured by the French, 86.

Mercury, 168.

Messier, 111.

Micrometer, 80.

Milky Way, 143, 233.

Moon, mountains, 54.

„ volcanoes, 56.

„ atmosphere, 60.

More, Hannah, 29.

Napoleon, 207.

Nebulæ, relative antiquity, 147.

„ resolvable and gaseous, 228.

Nebular hypothesis, 235.

Newton, encouragement to, 97.

„ his telescope, 107.

Niemeyer, 26.

Olbers, discovery of asteroids, 72.

„ absorption of light by ether, 147.

Pfaff, 248.

Piazzi, 72, 119.

Points and blunts, war of, 51.

Pringle, Sir John, 51.

Rosse, Lord, 121.