Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews: With Addresses and Other Pieces

John Herschel

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107255975

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John Herschel

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: December 2014
Print publication year:: 2014
First published in:: 1857
Online ISBN:: 9781107255975
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107255975

Subjects:: Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy: General Interest, History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy

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First published in 1857, this work comprises assorted noteworthy writings by the mathematician and astronomer Sir John Herschel (1792–1871), reflecting his diverse scientific and literary interests. It includes a piece on terrestrial magnetism, a review of William Whewell's writings on the history and philosophy of science, and several addresses to the Royal Astronomical Society. Of particular interest is Herschel's commentary on Adolphe Quetelet's work on probability, which advocated applying statistics and probability calculus to social and political questions. Herschel's article not only influenced the growth of social science in Britain, but also played an important role in James Clerk Maxwell's development of a statistical treatment of heat phenomena. Also included in this collection are Herschel's translations of poems by Schiller (accompanied by the original German) as well as examples of his own verse. In an intriguing appendix, Herschel outlines a method for compiling vocabularies of indigenous peoples.

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Frontmatter
pp i-i

Colophon
pp ii-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

Errata
pp iv-iv

1 - Address to the Subscribers to the Windsor and Eton Public Library and Reading Room, Jan. 29. 1833
pp 1-20

2 - Mechanism of the Heavens, from the Quarterly Review, No. cxix
pp 21-62

3 - Terrestrial Magnetism, from the Quarterly Review, No. cxxxi
pp 63-141

4 - Inductive Sciences, from the Quarterly Review, No. cxxxv
pp 142-256

5 - Kosmos, from the Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1848
pp 257-364

6 - Probabilities, from the Edinburgh Review, July, 1850
pp 365-465

7 - Address to the Royal Astronomical Society, April 11. 1827
pp 466-488

8 - Address to Do. Do. Feb. 8. 1828
pp 489-503

9 - Address to Do. Do. Feb. 13. 1829
pp 504-518

10 - Address to Do. Do. Feb. 19. 1840
pp 519-531

11 - Address to Do. Do. Feb. 12. 1841
pp 532-551

12 - Memoir of the late F. Baily, Esq
pp 552-620

13 - Address to the Royal Astronomical Society, Feb. 9. 1849
pp 621-633

14 - Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, June 19. 1845
pp 634-682

15 - The Walk, from the German of Schiller
pp 683-698

16 - Funeral Dirge of a Nadowessie, ditto
pp 699-704

17 - Dithyrambics, ditto
pp 705-708

18 - Saying of Confucius — Time, ditto
pp 709-710

19 - Saying of Confucius — Space, ditto
pp 711-712

20 - Leonora, from the German of Bürger
pp 713-731

21 - Prose and Verse
pp 732-733

22 - To the Lark, from a Collection edited by the late Mrs. Joanna Baillie
pp 734-736

23 - Man the Interpreter of Nature
pp 737-737

24 - A Scene in Ely Cathedral, July 29. 1845
pp 738-738

25 - Mira
pp 739-739

26 - The Parting Dove
pp 740-740

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