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London, 1780 (?). Obi. folio. [A MS. copy of this was kindly furnished me by Dr. R. Garnett, of the British Museum.]
Herschel (W.)
Göttingen Magazin der Wissenschaften und Literatur (1783), vol. iii., p. 4. Lichtenberg and Forster, Editors.
[Letter from Herschel, giving a brief account of his life. See this book, page 3.]
Herschel (W.)
I. Manuscripts in possession of the Royal Society.
1. A series of register sheets in which are entered up all the observations of each nebula, copied verbatim from the sweeps. 2. A similar set of register sheets for Messier's nebulæ. 3. A general index of the 2,508 nebulæ of W. Herschel; given the class and number, to find the general number. 4. An index list; given the general number, to find the class and number. 5. A more complete list like 4. 6. A manuscript catalogue of all the nebulæ and clusters, reduced to 1,800, and arranged in zones of 1° in polar distance; by Miss Carolina Herschel. 7. The original sweeps with the 20-foot reflector at Slough, in three small 4to and four folio vols, of MS.
II. Manuscripts in possession of the Royal Astronomical Society.
This library contains "the whole series of autograph observations of each double star [observed by Herschel], brought together on separate sheets by Sir William Herschel and Miss Carolina Herschel."
[Herschel (W.)]
Some Account of the Life and Writings of William Herschel, Esq. [With a Portrait.]
The European Magazine and London Review for January, 1785. 8vo.
