The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel: Volume 1: Including Early Papers Hitherto Unpublished

by William Herschel

By the time of his death, William Herschel (1738-1822) had built revolutionary telescopes, identified hundreds of binary stars, and published astronomical papers in over forty volumes of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions. This two-volume collection, which originally appeared in 1912, was the first to gather together his scattered publications. It draws also on a wealth of previously unpublished material, from personal letters to numerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108064620
• ISBN13: 9781108064620
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 762 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"