Herschel, William 1738-1822

Overview

Works:	489 works in 1,112 publications in 2 languages and 14,269 library holdings
Genres:	History Catalogs Observations Biography Charts, diagrams, etc Outlines, syllabi, etc
Roles:	Composer, Honoree, Collaborator, Speaker
Classifications:	QB36.H6, 925.2

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Publications about William Herschel

Publications by William Herschel

Publications by William Herschel, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about William Herschel

Discoverers of the universe William and Caroline Herschel by Michael Hoskin ( )
The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes ( Book )
The sun kings : the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the tale of how modern astronomy began by Stuart Clark ( Book )
William Herschel and the construction of the heavens by Michael A Hoskin ( Book )
The Georgian star : how William and Caroline Herschel revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos by Michael D Lemonick ( Book )

William Herschel by A Armitage ( Book )
The Herschel objects and how to observe them by James Mullaney ( )
William Herschel, explorer of the heavens by J. B Sidgwick ( Book )
Uranus by Josepha Sherman ( Book )
The king's astronomer, William Herschel by Deborah Crawford ( Book )
The Herschels and modern astronomy by Agnes M Clerke ( Book )
Sir William Herschel : his life and works by Edward S Holden ( Book )
William Herschel and his work by James Sime ( Book )
The age of wonder [how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science] by Richard Holmes ( Recording )
The construction of the heavens : the cosmology of William Herschel by Michael A Hoskin ( Book )
The Herschel chronicle; the life-story of William Herschel and his sister, Caroline Herschel by Constance A Lubbock ( Book )
Double stars : the story of Caroline Herschel by Padma Venkatraman ( Book )
The complete guide to the Herschel objects : Sir William Herschel's star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies by Mark Bratton ( Book )
William and Caroline Herschel : pioneers in late 18th-Century Astronomy by Michael Hoskin ( )
The Herschel partnership : as viewed by Caroline by Michael A Hoskin ( Book )

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Most widely held works by William Herschel

Three symphonies, them. index 2, 5, 13 by William Herschel ( )
13 editions published in 1983 in 3 languages and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The oboe concertos of Sir William Herschel by William Herschel ( )
6 editions published in 1998 in 3 languages and held by 201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving round the Georgian planet By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Feb. 15, 1787 by William Herschel ( )
14 editions published in 1787 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphonies by François Joseph Gossec ( Recording )
12 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Symphony in D major 'Sinfonia obligato' (1781) (11:08) -- Symphony in A major (1784 or after) (14:42) -- Symphony in D major (1784) (13:15) -- Symphony in E flat major (1784) (13:09) -- Symphony in B flat major (1802) (18:28)

Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From The philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
13 editions published between 1795 and 1912 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
14 editions published between 1795 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the power of penetrating into space by telescopes with a comparative determination of the extent of that power in natural vision, and in telescopes of various sizes and constructions; illustrated by select observations. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
14 editions published between 1799 and 1800 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the Georgian planet and its satellites By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
10 editions published in 1788 in English and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On nebulous stars, properly so called By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
10 editions published in 1791 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of one thousand new nebulæ and clusters of stars By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, April 27, 1786 by William Herschel ( )
14 editions published in 1786 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Investigation of the cause of that indistinctness of vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the optic pencil. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, June 22, 1786 by William Herschel ( )
12 editions published in 1786 in English and held by 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the periodical star [alpha] Herculis with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes. To which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
10 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the discovery of four additional satellites of the Georgium Sidus. the Retrograde motion of its old Satellites announced ; and the cause of their disappearance at certain distances from the Planet explained. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical Transactions by William Herschel ( )
15 editions published between 1798 and 2005 in English and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations of a quintuple belt on the planet Saturn also, an account of some particulars observed during the late eclipse of the sun: and also, on the rotation of the planet Saturn upon its axis. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
10 editions published in 1794 in English and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Outlines of geography natural, civil, and political, concisely stating the natural divisions of the terraqueous globe ... : to which is added, a brief view of the solar system, according to the latest discoveries by Dr. Herschell, and others by William Harris ( Book )
7 editions published in 1808 in English and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations of the changeable brightness of the satellites of Jupiter and of the variation in their apparent magnitudes; with a determination of the time of their rotatory motions on their axes. To which is added, a measure of the diameter of the second satellite, and an estimate of the comparative size of all the four. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
10 editions published in 1797 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations on the planet Venus By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
9 editions published in 1793 in English and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Experiments on the solar and on the terrestrial rays that occasion heat ; with a comparative view of the laws to which light and heat, OR Rather The Rays Which Occasion Them, are subject, In Order To Determine Whether They Are The Same, OR Different. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. Part ii. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
12 editions published between 1800 and 2005 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the satellites of the planet Saturn, and the rotation of its ring on an axis By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions by William Herschel ( )
8 editions published in 1790 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Remarks on the new comet. By William Herschel, LL. D.F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Nov. 16, 1786 by William Herschel ( )
11 editions published in 1787 in English and held by 119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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