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Paper, 'On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/10/102

Date: 10 December 1794

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars'

Read 18 December 1794

Reference number
L&P/10/102
Earliest possible date
10 December 1794
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Ink on paper
Page extent
33 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars' by William Herschel, 10 December 1794, L&P/10/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_102/paper-on-the-nature-and-construction-of-the-sun-and-fixed-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 13 May 2025

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