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Paper, 'Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 448 double and triple stars, made in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; together with a re-examination of 36 stars of the same description, the distances and positions of which were communicated in a former memoir' by James South

Reference number: PT/18/2

Date: 22 October 1825

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The observations published in this paper are found at PT/18/3. An index of the stars observed is found at PT/18/4.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in volume 116 of Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 458 double and triple stars, made in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; together with a re-examination of 36 stars of the same description, the distances and positions of which were communicated in a former memoir'.

Written by South in Passy, Rue Franklin, No 19 [in Paris, France]. Read 17 November 1825.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/18/2
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22 October 1825
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7 pages
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James South

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James South, Paper, 'Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 448 double and triple stars, made in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; together with a re-examination of 36 stars of the same description, the distances and positions of which were communicated in a former memoir' by James South, 22 October 1825, PT/18/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_18_2/paper-observations-of-the-apparent-distances-and-positions-of-448-double-and-triple-stars-made-in-the-years-1823-1824-and-1825-together-with-a-re-examination-of-36-stars-of-the-same-description-the-distances-and-positions-of-which-were-communicated-in-a-former-memoir-by-james-south, accessed on 22 January 2025

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