Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline HerschelHerschel, John, Mrs.
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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel
Herschel, John, Mrs.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
Encke, Prof., letter to Miss Herschel, 248.
Englefield, Sir H., letter from W. Herschel on his sister’s second
comet, 83.
Epitaph on Miss Herschel, 351.
Etna, Mount, ascent by Sir John Herschel, 173.
Flamsteed’s Catalogue, calculations for, 60.
Forty-foot telescope, 76, 308, 309, 310.
Gauss, Hofrath, letter from Miss Herschel, with her index to
Flamsteed’s Observations, 191;
his answer, 195.
George III. visits the Slough Observatory, 104;
anecdote of, and the Archb. of Canterbury, 309.
Georgian Satellites, the, 74, 305, 316.
Georgium Sidus, the, discovered, 39.
Gloucester, Princess Sophia of, visit to the telescope, 128.
Halley’s Comet, 283.
Herschel, Alex., assists his brother William, 36, 53, 109, 111, 115,
122;
returns to Hanover, 125;
death, 132;
notice of, 132.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, early recollections, 1-28;
affection for her brother William, 9;
at the Garrison school, 11;
her father’s careful training, 13;
typhus fever, 15;
confirmation, 17;
learns dress-making, 21;
accompanies William to England, 26-28;
life in Bath, 29-50;
_Heimwehe_, 33;
visit to Mrs. Colebrook, 34;
musical rehearsals, 36;
reputation as a singer, 40;
assists her brother, 42;
life at Datchet, 50;
accidents, 55;
Clay Hall, 57;
Slough, 58;
Flamsteed’s Catalogue, 60, 61;
her _sweeps_, 64, 146-148;
first comet, 64;
salary of 50_l._ as her brother’s assistant, 75;
her eight comets, 80-94;
lives by herself, 95;
Index to Flamsteed’s Observations, 96;
extracts from diary, 98-132;
at Bath, 105;
at Slough, 107;
removes to Chalvy, 108;
resides at Upton, 109;
returns to Hanover on the death of her brother, 133;
_Recollections_, 133-140;
her works, 145;
bitter disappointment in her brother Dietrich’s family, 149;
letters, 152;
Catalogue of the Nebulæ, 181;
her will, 200;
presentation of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society,
221;
her Portrait, 237, 338;
Paganini, 247;
her nephew’s visit, 254;
anecdotes of his boyish amusements, 259;
Hon. Member of the Royal Astronomical Society, 271;
letter from Mrs. Somerville, 274;
illumination in honour of the Duke of Cumberland being proclaimed
king of Hanover, 290;
visit of her nephew and his son, 293-295;
Hon. Member of the R. Irish Academy, 300;
extracts from day-book, 303-307;
anecdotes of the forty-foot telescope, 308, 309;
describes Christmas in Germany, 313;
her 92nd birthday, 318;
begins the history of the Herschels, 324;
her 93rd birthday, 330;
the first railway between Hanover and Braunschweig, 334;
presented with a gold medal by the king of Prussia, 336;
her last letter, 337;
enters her 98th year, 339;
her death, 344;
funeral, 347;
epitaph, 351;
her grave, 352.
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