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Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Artist: E Scriven
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Title:
Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Artist: E Scriven
Caption:
Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Holding a diagram of planets and their planetry rings. Herschel (1738-1822) constructed his own telescope after taking up astronomy as a hobby. As well as discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 and two of its satellites, he performed a major study of Saturn. He discovered two satellites, the rotation of the planetary rings and the period of the planet's rotation. He also catalogued and investigated the motions of binary stars, the results of which are still in use.
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Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
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Image size:
3729 x 4686 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
31.6 x 39.7 cm | 12.4 x 15.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • ASTRONOMER • ASTRONOMY • B & W • B / W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • COUNTRY • DISCOVERY • E SCRIVEN • E • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ENGRAVING • GERMAN • GERMANS • GERMANY • GUY • HERSCHEL • JOB • JOHN RUSSELL; RUSSELL • JOHN • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • OCCUPATION • PEOPLE • PLANET • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROFESSION • SATURN • SATURNIAN • SAVANT • SCIENCE • SCIENTIFIC • SCIENTIST • SCRIVEN • SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL • SIR WILLIAM • SOLAR SYSTEM • URANUS • WILLIAM HERSCHEL • WILLIAM • XVIII CENTURY
