Paper, 'Account of a new comet' by Caroline Herschel

Reference number: L&P/9/8

Date: 02 August 1786

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Contains note from William Herschel and plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a new comet. In a letter from Miss Caroline Herschel to Charles Blagden, M.D. Sec. R. S'

Read 9 November 1786

Reference number: L&P/9/8
Earliest possible date: 02 August 1786
Physical description: Ink on paper and plate
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Herschel

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel

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William Herschel, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Paper, 'Account of a new comet' by Caroline Herschel, 02 August 1786, L&P/9/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_8/paper-account-of-a-new-comet-by-caroline-herschel, accessed on 11 December 2025

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I. An account of a new comet. In a letter from Miss Caroline Herschel to Charles Blagden, M.D. Sec. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1787

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1787.0001

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9

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