William Herschel Quote

If I should mention any observations that are difficult to be verified I beg the indulgence of observers. I hope it will be found that I have sufficiently guarded against optical illusions, and that I have all along had truth and reality in view as the sole object of my endeavors.


On the Parallax of the Fixed Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 72, 1782


If I should mention any observations that are difficult to be verified I beg the indulgence of observers. I hope it will be found that I have...

If I should mention any observations that are difficult to be verified I beg the indulgence of observers. I hope it will be found that I have...

If I should mention any observations that are difficult to be verified I beg the indulgence of observers. I hope it will be found that I have...

If I should mention any observations that are difficult to be verified I beg the indulgence of observers. I hope it will be found that I have...