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Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the rotation of the planet Saturn upon its axis'

Read 23 January 1794

Reference number
L&P/10/71
Earliest possible date
22 January 1794
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
21 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the rotation of Saturn upon its axis' by William Herschel, 22 January 1794, L&P/10/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_71/paper-on-the-rotation-of-saturn-upon-its-axis-by-william-herschel, accessed on 15 May 2026

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