Show ANNIVERSARY A TODAY'S On March 7 1792 John Frederick William Herschel famed English as as- and son of the eminent Sir William Herschel was born near Windsor In 1825 after his education at Cambridge Cam Cam- bridge he began his observations of s stars rs to which he chiefly devoted himself His IDs great enterprise was his ils expedition to ta the Cape of Good Hope in 1833 to take ob observations of the southern firmament Fourteen years later he published his results In a volume called one of the most valuable of our time Ume His residence at the cape gave ga valuable val val- additions not only to astronomy astron astron- om omy but also to meteorology His observations observations ob ol on the milky way on the Brightness cs and the color of stars on the he suns sun's ra rays s on the atmospheric air are all very important Herschel also made valuable researches researches researches re re- re- re searches into light sound and celestial celes celes- physics He is remembered as the first to apply the now universally known cnown term positive and negative negative negative nega I tive to photographic c images |