Herschel, Sir William, birth, 3.
„ father of, 6.
„ other's foolishness, 8, 9, 18, 21.
„ schooldays of, 11.
„ knowledge of languages, 12.
„ musical and mechanical ability, 13.
„ astronomy, 14.
„ visit to England, 16.
„ flight from Hanover, 19.
„ engagements in England, 24, 257.
„ visit to Italy, 26.
„ removes to Bath, 27.
„ gives concerts there, 27, 258.
„ appointed to Octagon Chapel, 28, 258.
„ race for fame, 32.
„ work in Bath, 35.
„ drought by day, frost by night, 39.
„ discovery of, 47.
„ aims in observing, 53.
„ length of earth's day, 66.
„ "Account of a Comet," 68.
„ Uranus, 73.
„ Catalogue of Double Stars, 80.
„ contributions to Phil. Trans., 81.
„ Copley Medal, 84.
„ public opinion, 85.
„ summoned to court, 86.
„ "showman of the heavens," 89.
„ no honour bestowed till 1816, 94.
„ encouragement of science, 96.
„ disparagement of his work, 101, 222.
„ King's Astronomer, 103.
„ polishing his great mirror, 112.
„ his ingenuity, 117.
„ accidents, 119.
Herschel, requiem of telescope, 125.
„ reviews of the heavens, 129.
„ simplicity and kindness, 209, 259.
„ failing health, 210.
„ religious sentiments, 215.
„ Arago's eulogium, 217.
Huggins, Sir William, 229.
Jupiter, 175.
Keats, 91.
Laboratories of universe, 139.
Lalande, 40, 51, 58, 77, 88, 105.
Linley, Pump-room band, 27, 258.
„ his daughter's singing, 28.
Mars, 173.
Maskelyne, honoured by the French, 86.
Mercury, 168.
Messier, 111.
Micrometer, 80.
Milky Way, 143, 233.
Moon, mountains, 54.
„ volcanoes, 56.
„ atmosphere, 60.
More, Hannah, 29.
Napoleon, 207.
Nebulæ, relative antiquity, 147.
„ resolvable and gaseous, 228.
Nebular hypothesis, 235.
Newton, encouragement to, 97.
„ his telescope, 107.
Niemeyer, 26.
Olbers, discovery of asteroids, 72.
„ absorption of light by ether, 147.
Pfaff, 248.
Piazzi, 72, 119.
Points and blunts, war of, 51.
Pringle, Sir John, 51.
Rosse, Lord, 121.
