Identifier: americanaunivers08newy (find matches)
Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ed a second time, an action which arousedmuch criticism. He has written: The LargerChrist* (1891) ; The Call of the Cross* (1892) :.\ Plea for the Gospel* (1892); The New Re-demption* (l8oi): The Christian Society*(1894): The Christian State* (1895); SocialCleaning of Religious Experiences* (1897) ;Between Ca:sar and Jesus* (1899). Herschel, hershel, Caroline Lucretia, sis-ter of Sir William Herschel (q.v. I. Germanastronomer: b. Hanover, Germany, 16 March1750; d. there 9 Jan. 1848. In her 22d year shewent to England to reside with her brother,then organist in Bath. When William aban-doned his former profession in favor of astron-omy she became his helpmate, and when he wasappointed private astronomer to George III.she discharged efficiently all the duties of anassistant astronomer, for which she was alloweda small salar>. Although these duties werevery arduous, she yet found time to conduct ascries of observations of her own with a smallNewtonian telescope her brother had made for
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HERSCHEL — HERSCHELL Iier. She devoted special energy to the dis-covery of comets, and was so successful as tobe entitled to claim the priority of discovery ofat least five. Several remarkable nebulx andclusters of stars included in her brothers cata-logue were described from her original observa-tions. In 1798 her valuable work, <a rel="nofollow"> was published by the Royal Society. Onher brothers death in 1822 she returned to hernative country, where she died after an unusu-ally protracted life, distinguished by useful sci-entific labors. The Royal Society recognizedthe value of her labors by bestowing upon her in1828 their gold medal, and some time afterwardby conferring upon her the privileges of hon-orary membership. Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, English astronomer; only son of Sir WilliamHerschel (q.v.) ; b. Slough, near Windsor, 7March 1792; d. CoIIingwood, Kent, 11 May1871.

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