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Subejct: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Miscellaneous observations'

Read 22 December 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/216
Earliest possible date
17 December 1791
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'Miscellaneous observations and account of a comet' by William Herschel, 17 December 1791, L&P/9/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_216/paper-miscellaneous-observations-and-account-of-a-comet-by-william-herschel, accessed on 14 May 2025

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