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Paper, 'Account of some particulars observed during the late eclipse of the Sun' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/10/67

Date: 1794

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Contains plate

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of some particulars observed during the late eclipse of the sun'

Read 19 January 1794

Reference number
L&P/10/67
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1794
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Account of some particulars observed during the late eclipse of the Sun' by William Herschel, 1794, L&P/10/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_67/paper-account-of-some-particulars-observed-during-the-late-eclipse-of-the-sun-by-william-herschel, accessed on 12 July 2025

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