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Paper, 'On the parallax of the fixed stars' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/7/225

Date: 1781

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Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the parallax of the fixed stars'

Read 6 December 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/225
Earliest possible date
1781
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
42 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the parallax of the fixed stars' by William Herschel, 1781, L&P/7/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_225/paper-on-the-parallax-of-the-fixed-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 03 October 2024

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