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A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a juvenile auditory" delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913 (1915)

Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1930 · London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 116

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sing histelescopes, Caroline would usethem herself, and she foundseveral comets in that way.William Herschel worked veryhard, but Caroline worked just as hard in helpinghim; and whenever the brother is mentioned withhonour, I think the sister ought to be mentionedalso. The greatest thing William… … Caroline Herschel. 96 A VOYAGE IN SPACE Herschel, in honour of the discoverer, and boththese names were used for many years. But stillother people said that for anybody to have hisname attached to a planet was far too great anhonour, whether he were discoverer or king; andultimately these got their…

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