SCIENTIFIC TALK 13 



ability than to MO him enrolled a* an oboint in the 



band of George II.'B Han- ink That waa eaay 



i wan merely the loweat round of th. 



i-l not leal i lie eldeat 



lacob, became orpuiUt, at the age of nineteen, 



in the garrison chapel: he cannot be aaid to have 



:i the younger brother waa 



than 



1 satisfy a t uagerest > the way of 



soeeean ^ i!M>t- were we can 



ilinilv M6 in a fow glimpflGfi m m. nul progress made 

 young bandsman .im-m.: i !,. , yearn 



in, it HecmH, wore of U i iiieed 



to take part as M.|. jM-rfnriiuTs in c..nr.-rts at tin- 



Electoral court Ke m <>f thomumc followed 



on their return home. But the u was varied 



iiiloflophical and scientific talk, which frequently 

 laste<l all ni-ht What waa the cause of this unusual 

 i'i- in a musician's life we are not informed. 

 But among the subjects of discussion were astronomy 

 an-1 inrrlianii -. \\ he taste for these studies waa 



awakened or not by what they saw and heard at th-- 

 court festivities. William Herschel himself showed a 



<l turn towards the invention and making of 

 mechanical appliances, simple things it might b 

 the first appearance above grou: - 1 f what waa destined 

 to be a rich harvest Encouraged by his father, he 

 persevered in ezn his skill. Long years a 



wards, the elements of mechanical skill which were 

 thus fostered, developed into the works which enabled 

 him to search the depths of space for its innumerable 



Another subject which Isaac Herschel waa not 



