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    The Universe of The Blind Astronomer's Daughter

    John Herschel's 20-foot reflector
    		John Herschel's 20-foot reflector
    		“Memorandum book,” 1780s or 1790s
    Extracts from a day book
    		Memorandum Book 1780s or 1790s
    		Extracts from a day book 1797 & 1821
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    		Micrometrical Tables 1780s-1790s
    		Micrometrical Tables, Sir William He
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    		Thomas Wright 1711-1786
    		"Very Slippy Weather" 1808
    Herschel's notes on "Lunarians"
    		Lunar Map by Tobias Mayer 1775
    		Astronomical Observations 1711
    Map of London 1806
    		A New Map of Ireland 1797
    		Woodstock House, Inistioge
    Astronomical Observations 1711
    		First Map of Milky Way c.1785
    		Sketches of Nebulae
    Woodstock House
    		Phaeton Alarm'd
    		The United Irish Patriots of 1798 from NPG
    Terrestrial & Celestial Globes 1787
    		Thomas Rowlandson, 1807
    The astrologer
    		Thomas Rowlandson, 1811
    		Messier Object Number 1
    Solar System map
    		Encyclopedia Britannica 1797
    		William Herschel's Mirror polisher
    Early sketch of Saturn
    		Solar System Chart 1753
    		Map of Dublin 1797
    The Great Courtyard in Dublin Castle
    		Battle of Vinegar Hill
    		Battle of Vinegar Hill
    The Astronomer
    		William Herschel
    		Caroline Herschel
    William and Caroline Herschel
    		Herschel's Telescope
    		Herschel's 9 inch mirror
    The Great Six-Tailed Comet of 1744
    		Rowley - Grand Orrery 1749
    		Herschel's Great 40 foot telescope
    The Astronomer Distracted
    		The galvanic brace . . .
    		James Gillray
    Castor and Pollux
    		Two-Penny Whist
    		"I want! I want!"
    "The Female Philosopher . . ."
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