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Paper, 'On nebulous stars properly so called' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/9/186

Date: 01 January 1791

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On nebulous stars, properly so called'

Read 10 February 1791

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L&P/9/186
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01 January 1791
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Ink on paper
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20 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On nebulous stars properly so called' by William Herschel, 01 January 1791, L&P/9/186, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_186/paper-on-nebulous-stars-properly-so-called-by-william-herschel, accessed on 05 October 2024

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