Paper, 'Observations of Miss Herschel's comet in August and September 1786' by Francis Wollaston
Reference number: L&P/9/21
Date: 18 November 1786
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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
- Reference number
- 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, 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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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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