Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Part 14

Description of a lamp micrometer and the method of using it.

_Phil. Trans._, 1782, p. 163.

A paper to obviate some doubts concerning the great magnifying powers used.

_Phil. Trans._, 1782, p. 173.

A letter from WILLIAM HERSCHEL, Esq., F.R.S., to Sir JOSEPH BANKS, _Bart._, P.R.S.

_Phil. Trans._, 1783, p. 1.

Aus einem Schreiben des Hrn. HERSCHEL an mich [BODE], datirt London, den 13ten August, 1783.

[This is a letter forwarding HERSCHEL'S memoir on the Parallax of the Fixed Stars, etc.]

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1786, p. 258.

On the diameter and magnitude of the _Georgium Sidus_, with a description of the dark and lucid disk and periphery micrometers.

_Phil. Trans._, 1783, p. 4.

On the proper motion of the sun and solar system, with an account of several changes that have happened among the fixed stars since the time of Mr. FLAMSTEED.

_Phil. Trans._, 1783, p. 247.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1787, p. 194, p. 224.

Astronomische Nachrichten und Entdeckungen, aus einem franzosischen Schreiben desselben an mich [BODE], datirt Datchet, nahe bey Windsor, den 18. Mai, 1784.

[This letter is on the subject of the use of high magnifying powers, and gives a _resume_ of his recent papers.]

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1787, p. 211.

On the remarkable appearances at the polar regions of the planet _Mars_, the inclination of its axis, the position of its poles and its spheroidical figure; with a few hints relating to its real diameter and atmosphere.

_Phil. Trans._, 1784, p. 233.

Account of some observations tending to investigate the construction of the heavens.

_Phil. Trans._, 1784, p. 437.

[_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1788, p. 246, has a summary of this paper by Baron VON ZACH. See, also, _Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1794, p. 213.]

Catalogue of double stars.

_Phil. Trans._, 1785, p. 40.

On the construction of the heavens.

_Phil. Trans._, 1785, p. 213.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1788, p. 238.

See, also, _same_, 1787, p. 213, and 1794, p. 213.

Aus einem Schreiben des Hrn. HERSCHEL an mich [BODE], datirt Clay Hall, nahe bey Windsor, den 20. Jul., 1785.

[This is a letter forwarding two memoirs, and giving the prices of telescopes]

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1788, p. 254.

Catalogue of one thousand new nebulae and cl.u.s.ters of stars.

_Phil. Trans._, 1786, p. 457.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1791, p. 157, and _same_, 1794, p. 213.

Investigation of the cause of that indistinctness of vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the optic pencil.

_Phil. Trans._, 1786, p. 500.

Remarks on the new comet [1786, II.].

_Phil. Trans._, 1787, p. 4.

[Letter from HERSCHEL to BODE on the discovery of two satellites to _Ura.n.u.s_, dated Slough, 1787, Feb. 11.]

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1790, p. 253.

An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving round the _Georgian planet_.

_Phil. Trans._, 1787, p. 125.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1791, p. 255.

An account of three volcanoes in the moon.

_Phil. Trans._, 1787, p. 229.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1791, p. 255.

Note on M. MeCHAIN'S comet. [1787, I.] [Added to preceding paper.]

_Phil. Trans._, 1787, p. 232.

On the _Georgian planet_ and its satellites.

_Phil. Trans._, 1788, p. 364.

_Bode's Jahrbuch_, 1793, p. 104.

Observations on a comet [1788, II.].

_Phil. Trans._, 1789, p. 151.

Catalogue of a second thousand of new nebulae and cl.u.s.ters of stars, with a few introductory remarks on the construction of the heavens.

_Phil. Trans._, 1789, p. 212.