Categories 1900-1949 Space Herschel’s Last Wish, 1940 Post author By Estelle Post date November 14, 2014 PTO Magazine, 1940 A lovely clipping about the astronomer Herschel (most famous for his Uranus, of course). This is his supposed last wish on his death-bed, which was in Slough, 1822. All he wanted was to see the dark side of the moon. PTO Magazine, 1940 Tweet Tags 1940, astronomy, Herschel, PTO magazine