Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Frederick William Herschel [2] [3] KH, FRS (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl / HUR-shəl; [4] German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British [5] astronomer and composer.
1781: Discovery of Uranus, with two of its major moons (Titania and Oberon), by William Herschel [73] 1846: Discovery of Neptune by Johann Galle [74] 1902: Discovery of the stratosphere by Richard Assmann [75] 1909: Discovery of cosmic ray by Theodor Wulf [76] 1916: Schwarzschild metric [77] and Schwarzschild radius [78] by Karl Schwarzschild
1800 – William Herschel discovers infrared radiation from the Sun. 1800 – William Nicholson, Anthony Carlisle and Johann Ritter use electricity to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen, thereby discovering the process of electrolysis, which led to the discovery of many other elements.
NGC 1162 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Perseus.It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on October 14, 1784. The galaxy lies approximately 200 million light-years away from Earth and is classified as a type SA0^−^ galaxy, indicating a smooth structure with little to no spiral features.
Objects south of the celestial equator are catalogued somewhat less thoroughly, but many were included based on observation by John Herschel or James Dunlop. The NGC contained multiple errors, but attempts to eliminate them were made by the Revised New General Catalogue (RNGC) by Jack W. Sulentic and William G. Tifft in 1973, NGC2000.0 by Roger ...
1781: William Herschel announces discovery of Uranus, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history. 1785: William Withering: publishes the first definitive account of the use of foxglove for treating dropsy. 1787: Jacques Charles: Charles's law of ideal gases.
1800 - William Herschel: Infrared light; 1801 – Thomas Young: Wave theory of light; 1801 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter: Ultraviolet light; 1803 – John Dalton: Atomic theory of matter [citation needed] 1806 – Thomas Young: Kinetic energy; 1814 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel: Wave theory of light, optical interference
Pages in category "Discoveries by William Herschel" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 399 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .