more unfit for the needs of the family, and in June, 1785, a move was made to Clay Hall, in Old Windsor. The residence here was but short, and finally a last change was made to Slough on April, 3d, 1786.
The ardor of the work during these years can be judged of by a single sentence from Carolina Herschel's diary:
From 1786 until his death, Herschel remained at Slough; his life, truly speaking, was in his observatory.
It is indeed true, as Arago has said in his eloquent tribute to him: "On peut dire hardiment du jardin et de la petite maison de Slough, que c'est le lieu du monde où il a été fait le plus de découvertes. Le nom de ce village ne périra pas; les sciences le transmettront religieusement à nos derniers neveux."
Herschel's first contribution to the Philosophical Transactions was printed in the
