William LassellJune 18th, 1799 to October 4th, 1880
We're referring to telescopes. Queen Victoria especially liked the 24" reflector. And he even made a 48" reflector in Malta. The discovery of Neptune's moon Triton, Saturn's eighth moon Hyperion, and Uranus' satellites Ariel and Umbriel and other astronomical features are credited to him.
William Lassell [Wikipedia]
I was scratching out an outline for a poem involving telescopes ( among other things ) on June 18 through 19. Interesting coincidence. ( http://peace-weaving.blogspot.com/2010/06/fast-day-159-june-19-2010.html in case of interest... no mention of Lassell - thank heaven! that would be too much.)
ReplyDeletePhilosophy of Science is great. I was introduced to the study of nomic statements in science about the same time you were - I was in the Jurassic class, a year or two ahead of you.