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Paper, 'An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving around the Georgian planet' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/9/30

Date: 1787

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving round the Georgian planet'

Read 15 February 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/30
Earliest possible date
1787
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving around the Georgian planet' by William Herschel, 1787, L&P/9/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_30/paper-an-account-of-the-discovery-of-two-satellites-revolving-around-the-georgian-planet-by-william-herschel, accessed on 12 February 2025

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