Paper, 'On a means of discovering the distance of the fixed stars in consequence of a diminution in the velocity of their light' by John Michell
Reference number: L&P/8/48
Date: 26 May 1783
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the means of discovering the distance, magnitude, &c. of the fixed stars, in consequence of the diminution of the velocity of their light, in case such a diminution should be found to take place in any of them, and such other data should be procured from observations, as would be farther necessary for that purpose. By the Rev. John Michell, B.D. F.R.S. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S'
Read 27 November 1783
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John Michell, Paper, 'On a means of discovering the distance of the fixed stars in consequence of a diminution in the velocity of their light' by John Michell, 26 May 1783, L&P/8/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_48/paper-on-a-means-of-discovering-the-distance-of-the-fixed-stars-in-consequence-of-a-diminution-in-the-velocity-of-their-light-by-john-michell, accessed on 24 March 2025
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VII. On the means of discovering the distance, magnitude, &c. of the fixed stars, in consequence of the diminution of the velocity of their light, in case such a diminution should be found to take place in any of them, and such other data should be procured from observations, as would be farther necessary for that purpose. By the Rev. John Michell, B.D. F.R.S. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1784
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1784.0008
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