Unpublished paper, 'The evolution of our galactic system' by A W [Alexander William] Bickerton
Reference number: AP/79/14
Date: 1917
Description
Bickerton writes: 'The following induction is based on the assumption, that the configuration, segregation, motions and general characteristics of the Milky Way, and those of the White nebulae that cluster about the poles of the galaxy, originated in the oblique interpenetration of two cosmic systems, one primordial and the other sidereal.'
Annotations in ink throughout. Includes bibliography.
Subject: Astronomy
Received 15 March 1917. Not read. Communicated by Thomas Mather.
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- AP/79/14
- Earliest possible date
- 1917
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- 14 pages
- Format
- Typescript
Creator name
Alexander William Bickerton
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Alexander William Bickerton, Unpublished paper, 'The evolution of our galactic system' by A W [Alexander William] Bickerton, 1917, AP/79/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_79_14/unpublished-paper-the-evolution-of-our-galactic-system-by-a-w-alexander-william-bickerton, accessed on 20 January 2026
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Archived papers: volume 79, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1913-1920
1913-1920 Reference number: AP/79
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Thomas Mather
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