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Paper, 'Further of the comet and of a micrometer for taking angles of position' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/7/195

Date: 1781

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Contains three plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a comet'

Read 26 April 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/195
Earliest possible date
1781
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
28 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Further of the comet and of a micrometer for taking angles of position' by William Herschel, 1781, L&P/7/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_195/paper-further-of-the-comet-and-of-a-micrometer-for-taking-angles-of-position-by-william-herschel, accessed on 16 November 2025

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