@arntem.bsky.social
Occasional writer. Visiting fellow at univ of Leeds. Profession Teaching Assistant. Interested in #histsci #histed #histastro. Specifically Herschel. And very occasionally cats. #quietlyautistic
Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...
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It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879), Ch. Darwin, 1868. Albumen print, 28.5 x 22.7 cm. Gernsheim Collection, Harry Ransom Center.
Letter from Charles Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated November 11, 1859. The letter was tucked inside a signed first edition of Darwin’s “Origin of Species.”
"I have taken the liberty of directing Murray to send you a copy of my book on the Origin of species..." -Charles #Darwin to John Herschel (Nov. 11, 1859)
(Today you can consult Herschel's copy of the Origin here @ransomcenter.bsky.social!)
sites.utexas.edu/ransomcenter...
#histSTM #DarwinDay 🗃️📜
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The Infinite Women women database now has more than 9,000 bios from around the world and throughout history! Check it out at www.infinite-women.com
15.02.2026 09:04 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Caroline Herschel also mentioned.
14.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Herschel gets a mention here in @empirepoduk.bsky.social eps 321! John & Margaret Herschel were friends with Julia Margaret Cameron. She was godmother to their daughter Julia. He was godfather to her son. She offered advice when the Herschels sent 2 of their sons to India.
14.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0John & Margaret were friends & fans of Maria Edgeworth. She was godmother to their daughter Amelia & they followed Edgeworth's advice on Practical Education & choice of school.
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Maria Edgeworth's Practical Education is referenced in Bridgeton! S4:E4
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A map of the UK, with pins at various spots across the islands.
Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions.
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
That's very sad news.
24.01.2026 12:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Odile Lehnen discusses Caroline Herschel's observation practices at the History of Science, Technology, the Environment & Medicine at the University of Texas at Austin. Her slide, labeled "A shared way of seeing" features a notebook from the Herschel Family Papers at the Harry Ransom Center.
UT's History of STEM (Sci, Tech, Env. & Med.) colloquium kicked off its spring 2026 schedule w/a great talk on Caroline Herschel by @ransomcenter.bsky.social fellow Odile Lehnen.
(This slide shows one of Caroline's notebooks from HRC's Herschel Family Papers.)
#astronomy #histSTM #WomenInSTEM 🗃️📜🔭
Is now suffered to repose on my rug or climb my shoulder.
Two ill-conditioned, annoying and mischievous Tabbies make rather the blank more sensible." [To W. Wallace? MS biog of JFWH, Smithsonian]
John Herschel had cats!!
16th Dec 1840 "I sometimes heave a sigh and drop a tear over the memory of that dear departed cherub [a black kitten a plaything of his boyhood] I have preferred to leave her place vacant - and though her image sometimes presents itself in dreams no purring sucessor is
NGC7380 - Wizard Nebula
Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. Nebula illuminated by a young star cluster in Cepheus. Estimated to be between 7,000 to 8,500 light years away. #astrophotography
This Day in #History 1789
William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Mimas using his 40-foot reflector telescope...
(that's no moon...)
The all important pre-ride briefing innThe Swan’s courtyard. You can see why we need to get the ride out before we open Bike Kitchen just after 11am.
Negotiating an A frame barrier. It’s easy if you’re able bodied & ride a bike with narrow handlebars. Imagine trying it if you had mobility needs & had no one to help you.
Action shot of a ride leader & a rider, from the gravel path beside the Jubilee River.
All 3 groups assemble in Hershel Park, Slough, for fun facts on astronomy, famous park residents & the impact of Michael Fish’s hurricane.
Another massive Level 1 easy guided ride from @theswanclewer.bsky.social today. We negotiated the barriers to get onto, & along, the Jubilee River path. We rendezvoused in Herschel Park, Slough, for our last impromptu talk about the Herschels ☄️ 🔭. Back next week for a longer Level 2 ride.
02.08.2025 14:02 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
engraved illustration of Catherine Herschel. She is an older white woman in a most excellent bonnet. She is giving the engraver the side eye.
#OnThisDay, 1 Aug 1786, Caroline Herschel discovers comet C/1786 P1, becoming one of the first women to find one (and have it named after her).
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️
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Uncatalogued Arabic manuscript from West Africa — a fragmented. Loose leaves, varying paper sizes. Topics include mathematics, astrology, talismans, magic, divination, and treatises. I am looking for assistance with describing this manuscript, if interested, please DM me. Thanks
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A tribute to Sir John Herschel: Sharlene Holliday’s “Infinity and Beyond” offers a visual echo of Herschel’s multi-faceted genius—astronomer, mathematician, inventor, and father of cyanotype.
Features in our Sir John Herschel tribute calendar:
👉 tinyurl.com/2p9m8u52
My newest episode is here. It's about astronomy!
17.05.2025 19:17 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.
02.07.2025 13:05 — 👍 92 🔁 73 💬 4 📌 4Call for papers: Women in Science: historical perspectives
Conference 18 Nov. 2025 at Royal Society
Submit proposals < 300 words, incl a biographical note of c.50 words) for 20-min papers to library@royalsociety.org subject line ‘proposal for conference paper’
Deadline: 30 June 2025
#HPS
Sky at Night - BBC 4 tonight at 21.50 - celebrates the 350th birthday of Royal Observatory Greenwich, and we get to talk about time and black holes. It's genuinely a great episode - please watch. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
09.06.2025 17:54 — 👍 80 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 0
Thought about visiting the Herschel Family Archives at the Harry Ransom Center? Through the lens of her own experimental cyanotype practice, Caroline Roberts explores Sir John Herschel’s original lab notes. Learn more:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/herschel-arc...
Beautiful tributes to Herschel for our Calendar & Journal event. Enjoy entries by:
➥ Anne Guest, Cygnus. Cyanotype.
➥ John Ansell. Herschel's studies in colour blindness. Cyanotype.
Two weeks to closing!
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
John & Margaret Herschel were friends of Maria Edgeworth & used her book & her educational philosophy a lot in educating their own children.
19.04.2025 16:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
John Herschel – The Last Polymath, All Day Conference now on YouTube #histsci
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsIS...
Caroline Herschel played an important role in her brother astronomical work and if you really want to know what that role was read Emily Winterburn's (@arntem.bsky.social) excellent biography
www.amazon.de/-/en/Quiet-R...
Pleasing fact for today: William Whewell's wife, Cordelia Marshall was Reginald Dykes Marshall's aunt. Reginald married Margaret Louisa Herschel in 1858. The Marshalls were from a mill owning family in Leeds.
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