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Letter, 'Description of a new comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/9/180

Date: 19 April 1790

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/9/180
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19 April 1790
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Letter, 'Description of a new comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Banks, 19 April 1790, L&P/9/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_180/letter-description-of-a-new-comet-from-caroline-herschel-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 20 March 2025

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