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Paper, 'Observations of the appearances among the fixt [fixed] stars, called nebulous stars' by William Derham

Reference number: CLP/8ii/40

Date: 1732

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Derham writes: 'Having last autumn made some good observations, with my eight foot reflecting telescope, of the appearances in the heavens, called nebulous stars, I think it proper to acquaint this illustrious Society with them, to instigate others to make furher observations of them, because I think there is much more in them worthy of inquiry.'

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 19 April 1733

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the appearances among the fix'd stars, called Nebulous Stars'

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CLP/8ii/40
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1732
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8 pages
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William Derham

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William Derham, Paper, 'Observations of the appearances among the fixt [fixed] stars, called nebulous stars' by William Derham, 1732, CLP/8ii/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_40/paper-observations-of-the-appearances-among-the-fixt-fixed-stars-called-nebulous-stars-by-william-derham, accessed on 14 October 2024

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