Paper, 'On the powers of my seven foot Newtonian telescope' by William Herschel
Reference number: L&P/7/250
Date: 25 March 1782
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Subject: Astronomy/Scientific instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A paper to obviate some doubts concerning the great magnifying powers used'
Read 16 May 1782
- Reference number
- L&P/7/250
- Earliest possible date
- 25 March 1782
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and plate
- Page extent
- 9 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the powers of my seven foot Newtonian telescope' by William Herschel, 25 March 1782, L&P/7/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_250/paper-on-the-powers-of-my-seven-foot-newtonian-telescope-by-william-herschel, accessed on 14 March 2026
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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