Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jbaa..107..325r&link_type=abstract
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.107, no.6, p.325-331
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Herschel, J.
Scientific paper
The year 1997 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Sir John Herschel's comprehensive astronomical survey of the southern hemisphere, Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, At the Cape of Good Hope; Being the Completion of a Telescopic Survey of the Whole Surface of the Visible Heavens, Commenced in 1825 (hereafter Cape Results). The book was published in London in 1847; the scientific communities of both Europe and America eagerly anticipated its appearance. It was reviewed by a number of leading scientists in some of the most prominent intellectual journals of the day. In light of this 150th anniversary, this paper will look at some of these reviews to reveal how the Cape Results was received by Herschel's fellow scientists, as well as how it may have been received by the literate public.
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