1)K WATSON'S DISCOVERY OF HERSCHEL 47 



got him pupiLb, tuiti did wluit they could for him in 

 nee for bread Bat they had no idea that he was at 



the .sam- tiiii-- running a no- f,,r fun- .,r t, -|,.-.-ik 



more correctly, wan preparing to step into that arena. 

 would have smiled an incredulotiJi untile had 



ue said so to them. A music master and a 

 >f concerts they could understand and ap- 

 preciate as an i a man who 



pottered about reflectors nn-i >< tractors, and looked at 

 the moon f mm a back garden or a street, when the rest 

 of ihr \v..i 1.1 had gone to bed, was beyond their com- 

 prehension, or probably came in And 



i was on a street, and late at night, that the genius 

 < i il.Tschcl was discovered by an inhabitant of Bath, 

 a perfect stranger to him and his scientific pursuits. 

 So curious is the romance of the discovery that it is 

 best told in HerHchcl's own words. 



>ut the latter end of this month [December 



; I happened to be engaged in a series of obser- 

 vations on the lunar mountains, and the moon 1 



y house, late in the evening I brought my 

 even-feet reflector into the street, and directed it to 

 the object of my observations. Whilst I was looking 

 into the telescope, a gentleman coming by the place 



I was stationed, stopped to look at the instru- 

 ment When I took my eye off the telescope, he very 

 politely asked if he might be permitted to look in, 



this being immediately conceded, he expressed 

 great satisfaction at the view. Next morning tin- 



eman, who proved to be Dr. Watson, jun. (now 



Villiam), called at my house to thank me for my 

 civility in showing him the moon, and told me that 

 there was a Literary Society then forming at Bath, 



