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Paper, 'Introduction to their index of Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars in the second volume of Historia Coelestis' by William Herschel and Caroline Herschel

Reference number: L&P/11/72

Date: 01 March 1798

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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/11/72
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01 March 1798
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Ink on paper
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140 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Introduction to their index of Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars in the second volume of Historia Coelestis' by William Herschel and Caroline Herschel, 01 March 1798, L&P/11/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_72/paper-introduction-to-their-index-of-flamsteeds-observations-of-the-fixed-stars-in-the-second-volume-of-historia-coelestis-by-william-herschel-and-caroline-herschel, accessed on 26 January 2025

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