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Letter, 'Referring to the Georgian planet and its satellites' from William Herschel to Mr Nichols, printer

Reference number: L&P/9/93

Date: 1788

Description

Refers to the printing of said paper.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the georgian planet and its satellites'

Read 22 May 1788

Reference number
L&P/9/93
Earliest possible date
1788
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Letter, 'Referring to the Georgian planet and its satellites' from William Herschel to Mr Nichols, printer, 1788, L&P/9/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_93/letter-referring-to-the-georgian-planet-and-its-satellites-from-william-herschel-to-mr-nichols-printer, accessed on 16 August 2026

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