Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer Finish:Float frame Under side views of two

Under side views of two flint hand tools made by native Australians

George III dismissing petitioners from the City of London opposed to the Convention of Cintra

Scotland Yard with part of the Banqueting House

The new bridge being built over the River Lea

a group of men are sitting in the centre of the picture

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer Finish:Float frame Under side views of twoSir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer, 1867. The son of Sir William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus, John Herschel (1792 1871) followed his father in astronomical research, mapping the sky of the southern hemisphere and cataloguing many previously unseen stars. He was also a pioneer photographer, and coined the photographic terms 'negative and 'positive'.