review of the heavens (1785), 74.
manufacture of telescopes, 40, 59, 75, 77, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124,
125, 126, 127.
moves to 19 New King St., Bath, 43.
conducts oratorios of Handel, 43.
begins astronomical _measures_ (1779), 44.
joins Philosophical Society of Bath, 45.
first published scientific writing (1779), 46.
first communication to the Royal Society (1780), 47.
discovery of _Uranus_ (1781, March 13), 49.
its effect on his career, 53.
elected a member of the Royal Society (1781), and receives the
Copley medal, 56.
attempts a thirty-foot reflector, 59.
goes to London, 1782 (May, June, July), 61.
appointed Royal Astronomer (L200), 1782, 67.
removes to Datchet, 1782, August 1, 67.
his assiduity, 72, 77, 79, 81.
his mechanical genius, 14, 41, 121.
cost of his telescopes, 77.
marries Mrs. John Pitt, _nee_ Baldwin (1783), 80.
only child born (1792), 80.
removes to Slough (1786), 81.
LL.D. (_Oxon._), 1786, 47.
his account of the discovery of _Uranus_ (1781, March 13), 4.
discovers two satellites to _Uranus_, 1787, Jan. 11, 84.
discovers two satellites to _Saturn_, 1789, August-September, 125.
invents machines for making reflectors (1788), 41.
began forty-foot telescope, 1785, finished it, 1789, 121.
biographical letter (1783), 3.
list of published portraits of him, 232.
value of his sister's assistance to him, 34.
letters to Carolina Herschel, 61, 63, 64, 114.
his personal character (1786-1800), 100 _et seq._
his relations to his cotemporaries, 85, 86, 87, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97,
98, 99.
list of writings relating to him and to his works, 225.
his literary skill, 45.
examples of his style, 83 _et seq._
failure of health, 112 _et seq._
created a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (1816), 115.

Herschel (Sir William), first president of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1821), 115.
his will, 114.
his death, August 25th, 1822, 116.
his epitaph, 117.
list of his scientific writings, 215.
review of his scientific labors, 118.
the improvement of telescopes and apparatus, 121.
the relative brightness of the stars; variable stars, 130.
researches on double stars, 134.
researches on planets and satellites, 140.
researches on the nature of the sun, 145, 186, 198.
the motion of the solar system i