John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel was an English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, and experimental photographer, who also did valuable botanical work. He was the son of Mary Baldwin and astronomer William Herschel, nephew of astronomer Caroline Herschel and the father of twelve children. Herschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus. He made many contributions to the science of photography, and investigated colour blindness and the chemical power of ultraviolet rays. Source: Wikipedia
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Herschel at the Cape
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Record of his years spent making astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Jacob Abbott, John Frederick William Herschel, Mari C. Schuh, Waller, Leslie, Louise Spilsbury, Peter Guthrie Tait, M. John Harrison, Claire Llewellyn, Jim Pipe, Natalie M. Rosinsky, Isaac Asimov, Terry J. Jennings, Sally Hewitt, Michael Grant, Maclaurin, Richard Cockburn, Richard Spilsbury, Forbes Winslow, Alfred M. Mayer, Torgny Lindgren, Bertha Morris Parker, Lewis Wright, Colin Roland Walker, Chris Woodford, Steve Parker
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Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope
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A brief notice of the life, researches, and discoveries of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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A collection of examples of the applications of the calculus of finite differences
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A treatise on astronomy
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Physical geography
Mary Somerville, Matthew Fontaine Maury, John Frederick William Herschel, Katharine Mary Briggs, Arnold Henry Guyot, Cuchlaine A. M. King, Archibald Geikie
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Popular lectures on scientific subjects
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