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Definition of Herschel

1. Noun. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).

2. Noun. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822).

Definition of Herschel

1. n. See Uranus.

Definition of Herschel

1. Proper noun. (astronomy obsolete) The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to ''Georgium Sidus'' after w:George III of the United Kingdom King George III. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Herschel

1. See Uranus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Herschel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the year 1782 Herschel was invited to Windsor by George III., and accepted the king's offer to become his private astronomer, and henceforth devote ..."

2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"When Herschel had begun observing the heavens with his Newtonian telescope ... 76 If Michell was right, Herschel was wasting his time observing with high ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Londonby Royal Society (Great Britain) by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1872)
"He sat down next to Herschel, and another paper was proceeded with; but Herschel after a little begun to whisper to him: at first, in his agony of confusion ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1912)
"More than a century and a quarter have elapsed since it was confidently announced by Sir William Herschel that sidereal systems made up of thousands of ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"Sir John Herschel did not confine his attention to astronomy. ... Sir John Herschel, however, has shown that the decrease is much more rapid, ..."

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