Index. 



HERSCHEL. 



Mrs. Colebrook, 34 ; musical re- 

 hearsals, 36 ; reputation as a singer, 

 40 ; assists her brother, 42 ; life at 

 Datchet, 50 ; accidents, 55 ; Clav 

 Hall, 57 ; Slough, 58 ; Flamsteed's 

 Catalogue, 60, 61 ; her sicceps, 64, 

 146-148 ; first comet, 64 ; salary 

 of 501. as her brother's assistant, 

 75 ; her eight comets, 80-94 ; lives 

 by herself, 95 ; Index to Flam- 

 steed's Observations, 96 ; extracts 

 from diary, 98-132 ; at Bath, 105 ; 

 at Slough, 107 ; removes to Chalvy, 

 108 ; resides at Upton, 109 ; re- 

 turns to Hanover on the death of 

 her brother, 133 ; Recollections, 

 133-140 ; her works, 145 ; bitter 

 disappointment in her brother 

 Dietrich's family, 149 ; letters, 

 152 ; Catalogue of the Nebulas, 

 181 ; her will, 200 ; presentation 

 of the Gold Medal of the Royal 

 Astronomical Society, 221 ; her 

 portrait, 237, 338 ; Paganini, 247 ; 

 her nephew's visit, 254 ; anecdotes 

 of his boyish amusements, 259 ; 

 Hon. Member of the Royal Astro- 

 nomical Society, 271 ; letter from 

 Mrs. Somerville, 274 ; illumina- 

 tion in honour of the Duke of 

 Cumberland being proclaimed king 

 of Hanover, 290 ; visit of her 

 nephew and his son, 293-295 ; Hon. 

 Member of the R. Irish Academy, 

 300 ; extracts from day-book, 303- 

 307 ; anecdotes of the forty-foot 

 telescope, 308, 309 ; describes 

 Christmas in Germany, 313 ; her 

 92nd birthday, 318 ; begins the his- 

 tory of the Herschels, 324 ; her 

 93rd birthday, 330; the first 

 railway between Hanover and 

 Braunschweig, 334 ; presented with 

 a gold medal by the king of 

 Prussia, 336 ; her last letter, 337 ; 

 enters her 98th year, 339 ; her 

 death, 344 ; funeral, 347 ; epitaph, 

 351 ; her grave, 352. 

 Herschel, Sir John, first mention of, 

 104 ; at Cambridge, 117 ; senior 

 wrangler, 120 : member of the Uni- 

 versity of Gtfttingen, 125 ; ascends 

 Mount Etna, 172 ; at Munich, 175 ; 



LA LANDE. 



visits his aunt, 177, 293 ; Secretary 

 to the Royal Society, 181 ; at 

 Montpclier, 201 ; catalogue of 

 double stars, 213 ; his marriage, 

 236 ; describes his aunt, 254 ; anec- 

 dotes of his boyhood, 259 ; letters 

 from the Cape, 263 ; sweeping, 

 266 ; the Milky Way, 270 ; Halley's 

 comet, 283 ; spots on the sun, 286, 

 287 ; Saturn's sixth satellite, 288, 

 289 ; returns to England, 292 ; 

 created a baronet, 305 ; on the 

 Orionis star, 316 ; eclipse of the 

 sun in 1842, 327 ; his chrysotype 

 pictures, 327 ; translation of Schil- 

 ler's "Walk," 328, 329; acknow- 

 ledges his aunt's history, 333. 



Herschel, Lady, letters from Miss 

 Herschel, 152 ct sea. ; her death, 

 252. 



Herschel, Sir William, early display 

 of talents, 3 ; proficiency in music, 

 7 ; accompanies his regiment to 

 England, 8 ; resides at Bath, 21 ; 

 fetches his sister Caroline, 26 ; his 

 musical compositions, 36 ; erection 

 of the twenty-foot telescope, 37 ; 

 discovers the Georgium Sidus, 39 ; 

 casting of the great mirror, 43 ; 

 goes to London and is introduced 

 to the King, 45 ; Royal Astronomer, 

 50 ; limited salary, 50 ; removes 

 to Datchet, 50; to Clay Hall, 

 57 ; to Slough, 58 ; the Georgian 

 Satellites, 74 ; marriage, 78 ; ob- 

 servations on his sister's comet, 

 84, 85 ; his failing health, 124 ; 

 sits for his portrait, 129; death, 

 133. 



Hesse, Princess of, letter to Miss 

 Herschel, 267. 



Humboldt, Alex, von, letter to Miss 

 Herschel, with the Gold Medal for 

 Science from the king of Prussia, 

 336, 337. 



Knipping, Mme., extract from letter 

 upon Miss Herschel's death, 346. 



Lind, James, 100. 



La Lande, J. de, letter to Miss Her- 

 schel, 89 ', her answer, 91. 



