- Academy, R. Irish, [300].
- Astronomical Society of London, [221], [271].
- Aubert, Alex., letter from Miss Herschel on discovering her first comet, [66];
- her third comet, [86].
- Baily, F., letter from Miss Herschel, [272-274];
- Baldwin, Miss, her marriage, [129];
- death, [132].
- Banks, Sir J., letter from William Herschel on his sister’s second comet, [84];
- Beckedorff, Miss, letters during the latter years of Miss Herschel’s life, [338-340], [343-345].
- Beckedorff, Mrs., [108].
- Blagden, Dr., letter from Miss Herschel about her first comet, [65].
- Brewster, Sir David, opinion of Miss Herschel’s catalogue of all the star-clusters and Nebulæ, [145], [146].
- Cambridge, Duke of, letter to Miss Herschel on the return of her nephew from the Cape, [292].
- Cape of Good Hope—Sir John Herschel leaves the Cape, [292].
- Collingwood, the seat of the Herschel family, [320].
- Comets, Miss Herschel’s first, [64];
- Cumberland, Duke of, proclaimed king of Hanover, [290].
- Dessau, Princess of Anhalt, letter to Miss Herschel, [267].
- Earthquake at Lisbon, sensation produced in Hanover, [6].
- Encke, Prof., letter to Miss Herschel, [248].
- Englefield, Sir H., letter from W. Herschel on his sister’s second comet, [83].
- Epitaph on Miss Herschel, [351].
- Etna, Mount, ascent by Sir John Herschel, [173].
- Flamsteed’s Catalogue, calculations for, [60].
- Forty-foot telescope, [76], [308], [309], [310].
- Gauss, Hofrath, letter from Miss Herschel, with her index to Flamsteed’s Observations, [191];
- his answer, [195].
- George III. visits the Slough Observatory, [104];
- anecdote of, and the Archb. of Canterbury, [309].
- Georgian Satellites, the, [74], [305], [316].
- Georgium Sidus, the, discovered, [39].
- Gloucester, Princess Sophia of, visit to the telescope, [128].
- Halley’s Comet, [283].
- Herschel, Alex., assists his brother William, [36], [53], [109], [111], [115], [122];
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, early recollections, [1-28];
- affection for her brother William, [9];
- at the Garrison school, [11];
- her father’s careful training, [13];
- typhus fever, [15];
- confirmation, [17];
- learns dress-making, [21];
- accompanies William to England, [26-28];
- life in Bath, [29-50];
- Heimwehe, [33];
- visit to Mrs. Colebrook, [34];
- musical rehearsals, [36];
- reputation as a singer, [40];
- assists her brother, [42];
- life at Datchet, [50];
- accidents, [55];
- Clay Hall, [57];
- Slough, [58];
- Flamsteed’s Catalogue, [60], [61];
- her sweeps, [64], [146-148];
- first comet, [64];
- salary of 50l. as her brother’s assistant, [75];
- her eight comets, [80-94];
- lives by herself, [95];
- Index to Flamsteed’s Observations, [96];
- extracts from diary, [98-132];
- at Bath, [105];
- at Slough, [107];
- removes to Chalvy, [108];
- resides at Upton, [109];
- returns 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 Nebulæ, [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 Astronomical Society, [271];
- letter from Mrs. Somerville, [274];
- illumination 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 history 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 University of Göttingen, [125];
- ascends Mount Etna, [172];
- at Munich, [175];
- visits his aunt, [177], [293];
- Secretary to the Royal Society, [181];
- at Montpelier, [201];
- catalogue of double stars, [213];
- his marriage, [236];
- describes his aunt, [254];
- anecdotes 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 [184]2, [327];
- his chrysotype pictures, [327];
- translation of Schiller’s “Walk,” [328], [329];
- acknowledges his aunt’s history, [333].
- Herschel, Lady, letters from Miss Herschel, [152] et seq.;
- 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];
- observations 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].
- La Lande, J. de, letter to Miss Herschel, [89];
- her answer, [91].
- Lind, James, [100].
- Morgan, A. de, letter from Miss Herschel on being elected Hon. Member of the R. A. Society, [271].
- Mars, observations on, [53].
- Maskelyne, Rev. Dr., letter from Miss Herschel, on discovering her second comet, [80];
- on the Index to Flamsteed’s Observations, [96].
- Nebulæ, the, [196-198].
- Nebulæ, the Cape, and double stars, [328].
- Ole Bull, the violinist, [306].
- Orange, Prince of, at Slough, [99].
- Orionis, α, a variable and periodical star, [316].
- Piazzi, Abbé, at Slough, [55];
- at Catania, [173].
- Pigott, Ed., letter to Miss Herschel on the Flamsteed Catalogue, [101].
- Railway, first, between Hanover and Braunschweig, [334].
- Ross, Capt., his return with the South Polar Expedition, [333], [334].
- Schiller’s “Walk,” translated by Sir J. Herschel, [328], [329].
- Schumacher, Prof., letter from Miss Herschel, [260].
- Scorpio, [258], [266].
- Seyffer, Prof., letter to Miss Herschel, [92].
- Somerville, Mrs., letter to Miss Herschel, with her “Connexion of the Physical Sciences,” [274].
- South, J., his 400 stars, [194];
- his address to the Astronomical Society on presenting the hon. medal to Miss Herschel, [222-227].
- Stewart, P., letter from Miss Herschel, [277].
- Sun, spots on the, [286], [287].
- “Survey of the Nebulous Heavens,” the conclusion of Sir W. Herschel’s vast undertaking, [341].
- Sweepings for comets, [146-148].
- Telescope, the forty-foot, anecdotes of, [308], [309];
- its final preservation, [310].
- Watson, Sir W., first acquaintance with W. Herschel, [42].
- Wilson, Alex., notice of, [99].
- Zodiacal light, the, [331].
THE END.
BRADBURY, AGNEW, CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
Footnotes
[1]. The Duke of Cumberland’s army suffered severely in this battle.
[2]. “While the King of Prussia was warring in the south of Germany, an army of 60,000 Frenchmen under Marshal d’Estrées was directed upon Hanover, and occupied in the first place the Prussian dominions lying upon the Rhine.... d’Estrées had been to a certain degree successful in an action at Hastenbeck, on the Weser, and had forced Cumberland to retreat. That commander continued to yield ground incessantly, leaving Hanover and Magdeburg unprotected.... He concluded with Richelieu the convention of Closter Severn, by which he engaged that ... the Hanoverian troops should continue inactive in their quarters near Stade. Hostilities were to be suspended, and no stipulation was made respecting the Electorate of Hanover. That country was accordingly plundered without mercy, and subjected to enormous contributions.”—Annals of France, Encyclopædia Metropolitana.
[3]. Afterwards Madame Beckedorff, Miss Herschel’s most valued friend in after years.
[4]. The other version calls it “from Helvot to Harrige” = Harwich.
[5]. Although a considerable quantity of Sir W. Herschel’s musical compositions exist in manuscript, much has unhappily perished. His sister writes:—“I only lament that this anthem was left with the rest of my brother’s sacred compositions, which were left in trust with one of the choristers. The morning and evening services each in two different keys, and numerous psalm tunes most beautifully set. The organ book containing the scores; the parts written out and bound in leather, in a box with lock and key which was always kept at the chapel. All is lost. With difficulty many years after, one Te Deum was recovered, and when I was in Bath in 1800 I obtained two or three torn books of odd parts.” The chorister’s wife openly charged Mr. Linley with having taken possession of these treasures.
[6]. “The grinding of specula used to be performed by the hand, no machinery having been deemed sufficiently exact. The tool on which they were shaped having been turned to the required form, and covered with coarse emery and water, they were ground on it to the necessary figure, and afterwards polished by means of putty or oxide of tin, or pitch spread as a covering to the same tool in the place of the emery. To grind a speculum of six or eight inches in diameter was a work of no ordinary labour; and such a one used to be considered of great size.”—“Lord Rosse’s Telescopes,” 1844.