Letter, 'Account of the discovery of a comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Banks
Reference number: L&P/10/134
Date: 08 November 1795
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the discovery of a new comet. By Miss Caroline Herschel. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'
Read 12 November 1795
- Reference number
- L&P/10/134
- Earliest possible date
- 08 November 1795
- Physical description
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Letter, 'Account of the discovery of a comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Banks, 08 November 1795, L&P/10/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_134/letter-account-of-the-discovery-of-a-comet-from-caroline-herschel-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 20 March 2025
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VI. Account of the discovery of a new comet. By Miss Caroline Herschel. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1796
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1796.0007
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 10 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1792-1796 Reference number: L&P/10
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