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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of Miss Herschel's comet, in August and September, 1786'

Read 21 December 1786

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L&P/9/21
Earliest possible date
18 November 1786
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Wollaston

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Francis Wollaston, Paper, 'Observations of Miss Herschel's comet in August and September 1786' by Francis Wollaston, 18 November 1786, L&P/9/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_21/paper-observations-of-miss-herschels-comet-in-august-and-september-1786-by-francis-wollaston, accessed on 13 June 2026

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