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William Herschel

(Herschel, William, 1738-1822)

An online book about this author is available, as is a Wikipedia article.

• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel, Knt., Guelp., Ll.D., F.R.S., Including Early Papers Hitherto Unpublished (2 volumes; London: Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society, 1912), ed. by Royal Society (Great Britain) and Royal Astronomical Society, contrib. by J. L. E. Dreyer
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: Outlines of geography, natural, civil and political : concisely stating the natural divisions of the terraqueous globe, with its principal mountains, rivers, lakes, gulphs, bays and islands : the boundaries of empires, kingdoms, and states, their chief cities and principal towns, their institutions, civil, political and religious : together with a brief account of their productions, commerce and manufactures : arranged under proper heads, and condensed into a narrow compass, with the double view, of making it a book of first principles to the beginner, and a manual to the more experienced geographer : to which is added, a Brief view of the solar system, according to the latest discoveries, by Dr. Herschell, and others (Alexander & Phillips, 1808), also by William G. Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: Ueber den Bau des Himmels (In der Arnoldischen Buchh., 1826) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: The universe around us. (University of Michigan Press, 1932), also by William L. Clements Library and William Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: Untersuchungen über die Natur der Sonnenstrahlen (G.E.F. Schulze, 1801) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herschel, William, 1738-1822: William Herschel Doctor der Rechte, und Mitglied der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu London über den Bau des Himmels : drey Abhandlungen aus dem Englischen übersetzt : nebst einem authentischen Auszug aus Kants allgemeiner Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels. (bei Friedrich Nicolovius, 1791), also by Immanuel Kant and G. M. Sommer (page images at HathiTrust)

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