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all tl,,- small star* near the planet the 14th, 17th, 



.try, and the 4th and 5th of 



February." On the 7th <>f February he kept on* 



n \ i--\\ , the ev . 



till three ne\ s journal records that he 



aaw it fully attend ita \ 



second night after, he wan so satisfied of having caught 

 .si^'ht <>f a second moon, that he delineated on paper 

 what he expected to see the following . 

 lie saw in tl..- d.-ar heavena what he sketched idxtoen 

 or s, \,-nt.. n hun-liv,! inilii..ii .-i" injl.-s away, Th-- 

 Georgian 1 by two satellites." Obcron 



and Titania are : y names l>\ which they are 



now known. "I confess/' he adds, 'that this scene 

 appeared to me with additional beauty, as the little 

 secondary planets seemed to give a -li-nity t> the 



u-y one, which raises it into a more coi 

 situa' :>_' ti,.- great bodies of our system, 



upwards of five hours I saw them go on tog. 

 each pursuing its own track.' It uas the heroic age 

 of astronomical research. A here and a 



here were wrestling with .iiir.ru! ties and winning 

 triumphs in tin- wurld of stars. They were men of 

 skill ami unwearied endurance. It was 

 ars after their discovery before tl 

 Obcron and Titania, again condescended to show them- 

 selves to a mortal, the son of their discoverer. 1 And 

 ''!' 1 his am '-ars of age, to write: 



"These folks \v<>uM nm have called the Hersch 



.-ss, if they had seen the struggle, 

 ars from 1781 to '86, to get a sight of 



:.Un, Li/< and Work* of W. //., p. 143. Bat 

 pp. 1>61, 805. 



