Letter, 'Of the periods of the light of the star Algol' from John Goodricke to Richard Shepherd
Reference number: L&P/8/69
Date: 08 December 1783
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the periods of the changes of light in the star Algol. In a letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to the Rev. Anthony Shepherd, D.D. F.R.S. Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge'
Read 1 April 1784
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- L&P/8/69
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- 08 December 1783
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- 6 pages
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John Goodricke, Letter, 'Of the periods of the light of the star Algol' from John Goodricke to Richard Shepherd, 08 December 1783, L&P/8/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_69/letter-of-the-periods-of-the-light-of-the-star-algol-from-john-goodricke-to-richard-shepherd, accessed on 15 May 2026
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XXII. On the periods of the changes of light in the star Algol. In a letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to the Rev. Anthony Shepherd, D.D. F.R.S. Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1784
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1784.0023
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