By the time of his death, William Herschel (1738-1822) had built
revolutionary telescopes, identified hundreds of binary stars, and
published astronomical papers in over forty volumes of the Royal
Society's Philosophical Transactions. This two-volume collection,
which originally appeared in 1912, was the first to gather together
his scattered publications. It draws also on a wealth of previously
unpublished material, from personal letters to numerous papers
presented to the Philosophical Society of Bath. Although Herschel
is best known for his discovery of Uranus, this collection
highlights the true range of his observations and interests.
Focusing on his early work, Volume 1 includes notes on the
discovery of Uranus, unpublished papers on electricity, and studies
of the lunar mountains and the poles of Mars - both of which he
believed to be inhabited. It also features a biographical account
by the historian of astronomy J. L. E. Dreyer.
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