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William Herschel   /wˈɪljəm hˈərʃəl/   Listen
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, Sir William Herschel.



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Sir John Frederick William Herschel


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... comets has been long and eagerly inquired into, not altogether apart from the cheering guidance of ascertained facts. Sir William Herschel regarded them as fragments of nebulae[1362]—scattered debris of embryo worlds; and Laplace approved of and adopted the idea.[1363] But there was a difficulty. No comet has yet been observed to travel ...
— A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century - Fourth Edition • Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke


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


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