Paper, 'Account of the discovery of a sixth and seventh satellite of the planet Saturn, with remarks on the construction of its ring, its atmosphere, its rotation on an axis and its spherodical figure' by William Herschel
Reference number: L&P/9/145
Date: 03 November 1789
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Contains five figures.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the discovery of a sixth and seventh satellite of the planet Saturn; with remarks on the construction of its ring, its atmosphere, its rotation on an axis, and its spheroidical figure'
Read 12 November 1789
- Reference number
- L&P/9/145
- Earliest possible date
- 03 November 1789
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and five plates
- Page extent
- 28 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Herschel, Paper, 'Account of the discovery of a sixth and seventh satellite of the planet Saturn, with remarks on the construction of its ring, its atmosphere, its rotation on an axis and its spherodical figure' by William Herschel, 03 November 1789, L&P/9/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_145/paper-account-of-the-discovery-of-a-sixth-and-seventh-satellite-of-the-planet-saturn-with-remarks-on-the-construction-of-its-ring-its-atmosphere-its-rotation-on-an-axis-and-its-spherodical-figure-by-william-herschel, accessed on 16 March 2025
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