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  2. William Herschel - Wikipedia

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    In 2011 a new bus station, the design of which was inspired by the infrared experiment of William Herschel, was built in the centre of Slough. [ 112 ] John Keats alludes to Herschel's discovery of Uranus in his 1816 sonnet " On First Looking into Chapman's Homer ": "Then felt I like some watcher of the skies/ When a new planet swims into his ken."

  3. Observatory House - Wikipedia

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    The main house was on Windsor Road. There was also a small cottage on the land. Herschel moved there on 3 April 1786. John Herschel was born in the house, and William died there on 25 August 1822. [3] John Herschel and his family moved out of the house to Hawkhurst in 1840. [4] However, the house continued to be owned by the Herschel family ...

  4. Residence of the United States ambassador to the United ...

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    The residence of the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was housed on the 42nd floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, pictured here in 2012. The official residence of the United States ambassador to the United Nations, established in 1947, was originally located in a suite of rooms on the 42nd floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City leased by the U.S. Department of State.

  5. Gracie Mansion - Wikipedia

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    Gracie Mansion (also Archibald Gracie Mansion) is the official residence of the mayor of New York City.Built in 1799, it is located in Carl Schurz Park, at East End Avenue and 88th Street in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.

  6. Great Moon Hoax - Wikipedia

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    The "Great Moon Hoax", also known as the "Great Moon Hoax of 1835" was a series of six articles published in The Sun (a New York newspaper), beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel and his fictitious companion Andrew Grant. [1]

  7. Andrew Carnegie Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is at 2 East 91st Street [5] [6] in the Carnegie Hill section of the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [7] It stands on 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) of land [8] between Fifth Avenue and Central Park to the west, 90th Street to the south, and 91st Street to the north. [9]

  8. John Herschel - Wikipedia

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    Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl, ˈ h ɛər-/; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint [3] [4] [5] and did botanical work.

  9. Idle Hour - Wikipedia

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    Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt . Once part of Dowling College , the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States .