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Contains plate

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of a quintuple belt on the planet Saturn'

Read 19 Decemberr 7193

Reference number
L&P/10/65
Earliest possible date
14 December 1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Observations of a quintuple belt on Saturn' by William Herschel, 14 December 1793, L&P/10/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_65/paper-observations-of-a-quintuple-belt-on-saturn-by-william-herschel, accessed on 16 February 2025

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