Raad je Plaatje # 169

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Op zondag 30 maart 2008 09:43 schreef Gellius het volgende:
'n Moeilijke tijd voor 'n vrouw om zelfstandig roem of ruchtbaarheid te vergaren. Ze lijkt me niet van adel met haar Bettje Wolfmuts en Aagje Dekensmock.

Heeft ze iemand van het leven beroofd? Is het zo'n geniepige arsenicummenger?

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Op zondag 30 maart 2008 12:45 schreef pyl het volgende:
Of is het de moeder van?

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Op zondag 30 maart 2008 13:32 schreef pyl het volgende:
"Wie per se de moeder naar de kinderen wil reconstrueren, bedenke, dat er naast die ene goedgeslaagde zeven anderen zijn geweest, die zo niet in een hospitaal, dan toch zeker wel in een tuchthuis zouden hebben thuisgehoord, wanneer zij als gewone burgers in de maatschappij een deel hadden uitgehaald van wat zij zich als 'vorsten' hebben veroorloofd."

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Op zondag 30 maart 2008 15:36 schreef Gellius het volgende:
Ah, het is gewoon een kwestie van statistiek. Vandaar die grote gezinnen, vroeger.

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Op maandag 31 maart 2008 11:27 schreef pyl het volgende:
Ach ja, natuurlijk, Caroline Herschel ...

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Caroline Herschel was born in Hanover, Germany on March 16, 1750. Prospects for Caroline seemed dreary, she lacked both beauty and wealth and therefore she could forget marriage. It seemed the life of drudgery as an unpaid housekeeper was to be her calling. At the age of 22, in 1772, escape seemed possible, her older brother, William Herschel, who had previously fled to England, had convinced her to move to England to become an accompanying singer. Although she was happier in England, she was still a housekeeper, though training to become a singer. During her musical career, she found herself, along with William, being drawn to astronomy.

William was making and selling his telescopes, and Caroline was pressed into service. She helped her brother, casting, grinding, and polishing the reflecting mirrors William installed into his telescopes. Caroline meticulously recorded her brothers observations and even calculated star positions. In 1871, William made his greatest discovery ever, with the discovery of Uranus. He was rewarded with the title of "The King's Astronomer." For Caroline's efforts, she was given the title "Assistant to the King's Astronomer." This resulted in a pension for the both of them for the rest of their lives. This allowed them to abandon music and concentrate on astronomy.

William's fame allowed them to sell their telescopes for high prices. They made enough money and moved to the city of Slough, to be near the King. A few years later, Caroline had become a competent astronomer in her own right. She discovered eight new comets and three nebulas. she was the founder of deep-sky astronomy. After her brother's death in 1822, she moveed back to Hanover, where she helped shape the talents of her favorite nephew, John Herschel. Caroline died at the age of 98, on September 1, 1848.