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Sir William Herschel   /sər wˈɪljəm hˈərʃəl/   Listen
Sir William Herschel

noun
1.
English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822).  Synonyms: Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel, William Herschel.






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"Sir William Herschel" Quotes from Famous Books



... optical considerations relative to the difference presented by a single luminous point, and by a disk subtending an appreciable angle, in which the intensity of light is constant at every distance, are explained in Arago's 'Analyse des Travaux de Sir William Herschel' ('Annuaire du Bureau des Long.', 1842, ...
— COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 • Alexander von Humboldt

... the appearances are all there, yet it is not combustion. Undoubtedly were the "robes," the dazzling drapery which now envelopes the whole of the sun's globe, withdrawn, or even "the shining atmosphere which permits us to see the sun" (as Sir William Herschel thought) removed so as to allow one trifling rent, our whole universe would be reduced to ashes. Jupiter Fulminator revealing himself to his beloved would incinerate her instantly. But it can never be. The protecting shell is of a thickness and at a distance from ...
— Five Years Of Theosophy • Various

... exhibiting itself in some error. But hence to infer that they are not inspired, and are not messengers from God, is quite gratuitous. Who indeed imagines that John or Paul understood astronomy so well as Sir William Herschel? Those who believe that the apostles might err in human science, need not the less revere their moral and ...
— Phases of Faith - Passages from the History of My Creed • Francis William Newman



Words linked to "Sir William Herschel" :   astronomer, uranologist, stargazer



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