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... Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions ... John Couch Adams came out Senior Wrangler at Cambridge , and was free to undertake the research which as an undergraduate ...
... Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions ... John Couch Adams came out Senior Wrangler at Cambridge , and was free to undertake the research which as an undergraduate ...
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... Herschel propounded an explanation of Wilson's observation which received much notice , but which , out of respect for his memory , is not now described , as it violated the elementary laws of heat . Sir John Herschel noticed that the ...
... Herschel propounded an explanation of Wilson's observation which received much notice , but which , out of respect for his memory , is not now described , as it violated the elementary laws of heat . Sir John Herschel noticed that the ...
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... John Herschel was the first to attribute the ruddy colour of Mars to its soil rather than to its atmosphere . The observations of that keen - sighted observer Dawes led to the first good map of Mars , in 1869. In the 1877 opposition ...
... John Herschel was the first to attribute the ruddy colour of Mars to its soil rather than to its atmosphere . The observations of that keen - sighted observer Dawes led to the first good map of Mars , in 1869. In the 1877 opposition ...
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... John Herschel and Sir James South , after re - examination of these stars , confirmed2 and extended the results , one pair ʼn Coronæ having in the interval completed more than a whole revolution . • It is , then , to Sir William Herschel ...
... John Herschel and Sir James South , after re - examination of these stars , confirmed2 and extended the results , one pair ʼn Coronæ having in the interval completed more than a whole revolution . • It is , then , to Sir William Herschel ...
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... John Herschel , ' he attributed these irregularities in each case to the attraction of an invis- ible companion , the period of revolution of Sirius being about half a century . Later he said : " I adhere to the conviction that Procyon ...
... John Herschel , ' he attributed these irregularities in each case to the attraction of an invis- ible companion , the period of revolution of Sirius being about half a century . Later he said : " I adhere to the conviction that Procyon ...
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