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Letter, 'Remarks on the new comet' from William Herschel to Charles Blagden

Reference number: L&P/9/9

Date: 15 November 1786

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on the new comet. In a letter from William Herschel, LLD. F. R. S. to Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S'

Read 16 November 1786

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L&P/9/9
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15 November 1786
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Letter, 'Remarks on the new comet' from William Herschel to Charles Blagden, 15 November 1786, L&P/9/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_9/letter-remarks-on-the-new-comet-from-william-herschel-to-charles-blagden, accessed on 26 April 2025

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