Paper, 'Notes on the drawing of Copernicus presented to the Royal Society by Secchi' by John Philips
Reference number: AP/38/17
Date: 1856

Description
Philips describes features of some drawings of Copernicus, a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Astronomy
Received 9 April 1856. Communicated by Edward Sabine.
This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Notes on the drawing of "'Copernicus," presented to the Royal Society by P. A. Secchi'.
- Reference number
- AP/38/17
- Earliest possible date
- 1856
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Phillips, Paper, 'Notes on the drawing of Copernicus presented to the Royal Society by Secchi' by John Philips, 1856, AP/38/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_38_17/paper-notes-on-the-drawing-of-copernicus-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-secchi-by-john-philips, accessed on 07 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1857
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0025
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Archived papers: volume 38, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1855-1856
1855-1856 Reference number: AP/38
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