Labels:text | font | screenshot | paper | black and white | number | document OCR: 1824 Born on February 7 in London, England. He is educated by private tutors. 1842 Takes charge of the family drapery business in London. 1854 Sells the business and moves to Tulse Hill, London, where he builds himself an observatory. 1858 Starts to observe the planets with a 20-cm (8-in) refracting telescope. 1859 He reads recently published work on how to use spectroscopy to determine the chemical composition of the Sun. Designs a spectroscope with the help of William Miller (1817-1870) who is the Professor of Chemistry at London University. He attaches the spectroscope to his telescope. 1863 Presents the results of his spectroscopic work to the Royal Society, London. He continues his spectroscopic work in the years to come, observing a nova and a comet as well as the stars. 1865 Elected ...
