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References
1.
Herschel
William
, “Memorandums …” , RAS MS Herschel W.7/8.
2.
Hoskin
Michael
, The Herschel partnership (Cambridge , 2003 ), 8 –9 .
3.Ibid. , 9 .
4.Caroline Herschel's autobiographies , ed. by
Hoskin
Michael
(Cambridge , 2003 ), 25 .
5.Ibid. , 26 .
6.Ibid. , 103 .
7.
Hoskin
, Partnership (ref. 2), 13 –14 .
8.
Hoskin
, (ed.), Autobiographies (ref. 4), 104 .
9.Ibid .
10.
Hoskin
, Partnership (ref. 2), 17 .
11.
See
Gingerich
Owen
, “William Herschel's 1784 biography” , Harvard Library bulletin , xxxii/1 (Winter 1984 ), 73 –82 .
12.
11 June 1761, quoted from the original typescript of
Lubbock
Constance A.
, The Herschel chronicle (Cambridge , 1933 ), in the possession of the William Herschel Society.
13.
13 March 1762, ibid .
14.
It is printed in full in
Dreyer
J. L. E.
, (ed.), The scientific papers of Sir William Herschel (London , 1912 ), I , p. xvi .