Paper, 'Postscript on the proper motion of the Sun and the solar system' by William Herschel
Reference number: L&P/8/25
Date: 1783
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Subject: Astronomy
Original paper published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the proper motion of the sun and solar system; with an account of several changes that have happened among the fixed stars since the time of Mr. Flamstead'
Read 6 March 1783
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- L&P/8/25
- Earliest possible date
- 1783
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- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Herschel, Paper, 'Postscript on the proper motion of the Sun and the solar system' by William Herschel, 1783, L&P/8/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_25/paper-postscript-on-the-proper-motion-of-the-sun-and-the-solar-system-by-william-herschel, accessed on 12 February 2026
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XVII. On the proper motion of the sun and solar system; with an account of several changes that have happened among the fixed stars since the time of Mr. Flamstead External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1783
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1783.0017
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Decade 8 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1782-1786 Reference number: L&P/8
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