John Herschel

But the British astronomer and chemist John Herschel, a member of a committee studying scientific standards, expressed the typical view of his compatriots: "Taking commerce, population, and area of soil into account, there would seem to be far better reason for our continental neighbors to conform to our linear unit . . . than for the move to come from our side."

The Perfected Yardstick Laura J. Snyder 2011

Pages from the diary of the astronomer John Herschel from 1839 give some insight into his role as the co-inventor of photography.

Royal Society publishes tales of oil on troubled waters and the first roll-ups 2011

This helped her nephew John Herschel in his work - she took on the role of raising John and was the honoured guest at his graduation dispite an initial falling out with her sister-in-law.

Snell-Pym » Caroline Herschel 2010

John Herschel began his astronomical career in 1816 when he built his first telescope.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

This helped her nephew John Herschel in his work - she took on the role of raising John and was the honoured guest at his graduation dispite an initial falling out with her sister-in-law.

Snell-Pym » 2010 » March 2010

For the most part, she was enthusiastically received, especially by the kindly John Herschel, though she was "riled" by Whewell's chauvinist teasing while dining at Trinity College high table.

The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010

In the mid-1800s, John Herschel observed that Betelgeuse varied in brightness, its light intensity changing by as much as a magnitude in under 6 years.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – January 22-24, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

But now, John Herschel encouraged Mary to continue with the full text, but recommended an extended and popular introduction.

The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010

The image is of John Herschel who died aged 79, he was certainly ill in his final days and suffered from gout.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

It was only after John Herschel had discovered Uranus that minds opened again to the possibility of planets beyond the traditional six - and only after astronomers built up a detailed body of rigorously exact observations that any discrepancy became a matter for curiosity rather than embarrassment.

Michael Kaplan: The Discovery of Neptune 2009