Caroline Herschel's autobiographies, ed. by MichaelHoskin (Cambridge, 2003).
2.
RAS MS Herschel W.7/8.
3.
‘William Herschel's 1874 autobiography’, by GingerichOwen, Harvard Library bulletin, xxxii/l (1984), 73–82. See also his ‘Herschel, 1784 Autobiography’, Sky and telescope, 1984, 317–19.
4.
Transcribed by Caroline in her autobiographies (ref. 1).
5.
Constance A. Lubbock, The Herschel chronicle (Cambridge, 1933; reprint available from The William Herschel Society, Bath).
6.
Hereafter referred to simply as ‘Texas’.
7.
Hereafter referred to simply as ‘Harvard’.
8.
‘Account of a comet’: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 476, Harvard MS Eng 1414 F(28). William Herschel's papers: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 475, Harvard MS Eng 1414 F(1–27).
9.
John Herschel's lectures & articles: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 511.
10.
As an interesting aside, one potentially interesting consequence of studying this material on microfilm (in contrast to studying the originals) is that the backs of the pages of notes are given equal weight to the notes themselves so it is possible to see what passes for scrap paper in the Herschel household at the time. From this it is possible to see a whole range of interests not formally recorded by the family including evidence of their investments, invitations to parties and lectures, and certain of their less prestigious correspondence.
11.
John Herschel's lectures & articles: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 511.
12.
Ibid..
13.
William Herschel's papers: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 475, Harvard MS Eng 1414 F(1–27). William Herschel's autobiographical memoirs: Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 477, Harvard MS Eng 1414 F(29).
14.
See ref. 3.
15.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 507; at the University of Texas, Austin, under the heading a group of papers catalogued under the heading Acoustics, MW0075.
16.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 504; Texas, under the heading Astronomy, W0085–W0147 and M-W0001–W0007.
17.
Texas, under the heading Diaries, W0052.
18.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 484.
19.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 501; Texas, under the heading Mint Papers, M-W0056–W0057 and W0973–W01027.
20.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 501; Texas, under the heading Mint Papers, M-W0056–W0057 and W0973–W01027.
21.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 482.
22.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 483.
23.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 495; Texas, under the heading Actinometer, W0064–W0084.
24.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 495; Texas, under the heading Actinometer, W0064–W0084.
25.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 503, Lot 497, Lot 496 and Lot 485.
26.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 485, Lot 496 and Lot 508; Texas, under the heading Poetry, W0249–W0258 and MW0136.
27.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 478; Harvard, MS Eng 1414 F(1–27).
28.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 482.
29.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 482; Texas, under the heading William Herschel, M-W0123.
30.
Texas, under the heading Indices, M-W0017–W0040 and W0063A & B.
31.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 514; Texas, under the heading Terrestrial Magnetism, W0368–W0387.
32.
Texas, under the heading Photography, W0259–W0300.
33.
Sotheby's 1958 sale Lot 517; Texas, under the heading Standards Commission, MW0089–MW0090 and W0363–W0367.
34.
Texas, under the heading Miscellaneous Subjects, MW0044 and MW0117–MW0118.
35.
Texas, under the heading Cambridge System of Math. Study, W0148–W0152 and under the heading Universities W0115 and MW0120.
36.
Texas, under the heading Lacaille's stars, W0204–W0207.
