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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the power of penetrating into space by telescopes; with a comparative determination of the extent of that power in natural vision, and in telescopes of various sizes and con­structions; illustrated by select observations'

Read 21 November 1799

Reference number
L&P/11/108
Earliest possible date
20 June 1799
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
40 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the power of penetrating into space by the telescope' by William Herschel, 20 June 1799, L&P/11/108, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_108/paper-on-the-power-of-penetrating-into-space-by-the-telescope-by-william-herschel, accessed on 07 December 2024

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