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Paper, 'On the direction and velocity of the motion of the sun and solar system' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/12/103

Date: 1805

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the direction and velocity of the motion of the sun, and solar system'

Read 16 May 1805

Reference number
L&P/12/103
Earliest possible date
1805
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
19 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the direction and velocity of the motion of the sun and solar system' by William Herschel, 1805, L&P/12/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_103/paper-on-the-direction-and-velocity-of-the-motion-of-the-sun-and-solar-system-by-william-herschel, accessed on 14 December 2024

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