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Paper, 'On the telescopic appearance of the planet Mars' by John Phillips

Reference number: AP/45/10

Date: 1863

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Phillips explains how 'notwithstanding the descriptions and drawings of Mars, for which we are indebted to eminent observers, there remains much uncertainty as to the permanent boundaries of the bright and shady parts of the planet, to which respectively, on a first view, we attach, perhaps too readily, the idea of land and seas.' He considers several sketches of Mars. Includes two letters, dated 20 January 1863 and 14 February 1863, and a newspaper clipping.

Marked on front as '1863 archives. A rewrite of this was published in Proceedings'.

Subject: Astronomy

Received 5 February 1863. Read 12 February 1863.

A version of this paper was published in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the telescopic appearance of the planet Mars'.

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AP/45/10
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1863
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27 pages
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John Phillips

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John Phillips, Paper, 'On the telescopic appearance of the planet Mars' by John Phillips, 1863, AP/45/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_45_10/paper-on-the-telescopic-appearance-of-the-planet-mars-by-john-phillips, accessed on 04 December 2024

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