CAROLINE LUCBETIA HERS CE EL. 



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consequence, she always chronicles the attentions bestowed upon her 

 brother and herself by kings and nobles. Most of her brother's time 

 was spent in making and selling telescopes for other observers, in- 

 stead of finishing a thirty or forty foot instrument for his own use, 

 upon which his heart was set. The king ordered many seven-foot and 

 four ten-foot telescopes, one of which was to be sent as a present to 

 the observatory at Gottingen. Meantime, through the influence of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, 2,000 had been granted to Herschel, to enable him 

 to make an instrument for himself. After living in Datchet four years, 

 they moved to Slough, in April, 1786, and it was here that Herschel 

 put up his famous telescope, and fixed his residence for the rest of 

 his life. 



Sie William Herschel'8 Forty-foot Telescope at Slotjoh. 



In July of this year he went to Germany to deliver the ten-foot 

 telescope from the king, leaving Caroline in charge of matters at home. 

 The stand for the forty-foot telescope was finished, and he left a smith 

 at work on the tube. The mirror was also pretty far advanced. Dur- 

 ing this absence of her brother Miss Herschel discovered her first 



