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The 19 pages that link to John Herschel, each with the reason it gives.

• William HerschelRelated: He extended his father's astronomical legacy through observations and cataloguing in the nineteenth century.

• Charles LyellRelated: Herschel’s ideas about causes in nature formed part of the intellectual context Lyell engaged with.

• CyanotypeRelated: He discovered cyanotype in 1842 while investigating iron-based photographic processes.

• John TyndallRelated: Herschel’s ideas about atmospheric heat helped frame questions Tyndall tested experimentally.

• Amateur astronomyRelated: His nineteenth-century observing exemplified astronomy pursued with privately organized resources.

• New General CatalogueRelated: His catalogues contributed observations incorporated into Dreyer's compilation.

• Robert FitzRoyRelated: Herschel’s advocacy for systematic observation influenced the scientific culture behind FitzRoy’s weather work.

• Solar constantRelated: His South African observations helped quantify sunlight reaching Earth’s surface.

• Eta CarinaeRelated: His observations helped document the star’s rise during the Great Eruption.

• Mary SomervilleRelated: Herschel encouraged Somerville’s scientific writing and praised her account of celestial mechanics.

• Royal Astronomical SocietyRelated: He was a founding member and the society’s first secretary.

• Silver bromideRelated: Herschel investigated silver compounds and introduced fixing methods that helped make photographs permanent.

• William WhewellRelated: Herschel’s account of discovery provided a major point of comparison for Whewell’s philosophy of induction.

• William HugginsRelated: Herschel’s earlier work helped shape the observational astronomy in which Huggins worked.

• Julia Margaret CameronRelated: He was Cameron’s friend and a frequent subject of her portrait photography.

• Margaret Lindsay HugginsRelated: His photographic techniques and astronomical legacy formed part of the scientific world Huggins entered.

• Radhanath SikdarRelated: Herschel proposed the name Everest after Waugh sought a name for Peak XV.

• Messier 22Related: His nineteenth-century observations helped document the cluster in detail.

• Trifid NebulaRelated: His observations helped establish the nebula’s early descriptive record.