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Paper, 'Catalogue of double stars' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/8/111

Date: 01 November 1784

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Contains small figures.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Catalogue of double stars'

Read 9 December 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/111
Earliest possible date
01 November 1784
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
70 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Catalogue of double stars' by William Herschel, 01 November 1784, L&P/8/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_111/paper-catalogue-of-double-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 21 May 2025

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