Paper, 'On the periodical star Herculis; with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes, to which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars' by William Herschel
Reference number: L&P/11/2
Date: 01 June 1796
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the periodical star a herculis; with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes. To which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars'
Read 9 June 1796
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- L&P/11/2
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- 01 June 1796
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- 32 pages
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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the periodical star Herculis; with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes, to which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars' by William Herschel, 01 June 1796, L&P/11/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_2/paper-on-the-periodical-star-herculis-with-remarks-tending-to-establish-the-rotatory-motion-of-the-stars-on-their-axes-to-which-is-added-a-second-catalogue-of-the-comparative-brightness-of-the-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 16 April 2026
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