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HERSCHEL, John Frederick William, Sir.

Account of observations made with a twenty-feet reflecting telescope: Comprehending, 1. Descriptions and approximate places of 321 new double and triple stars. 2. Observations of the second comet of 1825. 3. An account of the actual state of the great nebula in Orion, compared with those of former astronomers. 4. Observations of the nebula in the girdle of Andromeda.

London: Richard Taylor, 1826. First edition, rare offprint issue, inscribed by Herschel. The work begins with a description of the reflecting telescope, with an 18-inch aperture and 20-feet focal length, the largest telescope in the world at the time, which was constructed in 1820 by John and his father William..... More
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HERSCHEL, John Frederick William, Sir.

On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours, and on some new photographic processes.

London: R. & J. E. Taylor, 1842. First edition, extremely rare offprint, of this seminal early work of photography, the invention of the world’s first photocopying process, ‘cyanotype,’ later called ‘blue-printing’; this remained by far the most important reprographic process for more than a century after the publication of Herschel’s..... More
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HERSCHEL, John Frederick William, Sir.

On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum on preparations of silver and other substances, both metallic and non-metallic, and on some photographic processes. [With:] On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours, and on some new photographic processes. [With:] On certain improvements on photographic processes described in a former communication, and on the parathermic rays of the solar spectrum. Offprints from the Philosophical Transactions for 1840, 1842 & 1843, the first two with authorial annotations. Bound with 66 other offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, many with authorial annotations, on astronomy, mathematics, physics, photography and other subjects, assembled by him and inscribed to his eldest son William James Herschel.

[1813-1850]. An extraordinary collection of works by Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), the outstanding astronomer and physical scientist of his day, assembled for presentation to his son William James Herschel (not to be confused with John’s father, the astronomer Frederick William). The collection includes offprints of Herschel’s three most important publications..... More
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HERSCHEL, John Frederick William.

Consideration of Various Points of Analysis. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions.

London: printed by W. Bulmer [for the Royal Society], 1814. Very rare separately-paginated offprint of Herschel’s account of the ‘calculus of operations,’ which formed a major part of the programme of reform promoted by the group of Cambridge mathematicians (which included Babbage and Herschel) who called themselves the ‘Analytical Society.’..... More
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HERSCHEL, John Frederick William.

Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, made at Slough, with a Twenty-Feet Reflector, between the years 1825 and 1833. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

London: Richard Taylor, 1833. First edition, the very rare offprint issue, of Herschel’s famous ‘Slough Catalogue,’ which includes 2306 nebulae and star clusters, 525 of which were discovered by Herschel himself. (Parkinson, Breakthroughs 296). He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1836 for this work..... More
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