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Paper, 'Observations of a comet, with remarks on the construction of its different parts' by Wm [William] Herschel

Reference number: PT/6/4

Date: 16 December 1811

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of a comet, remarks on the construction of its different parts'.

Read 19 December 1811.

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 1, 1832.

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PT/6/4
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16 December 1811
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Ink on paper
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomas Brande

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William Thomas Brande, Paper, 'Observations of a comet, with remarks on the construction of its different parts' by Wm [William] Herschel, 16 December 1811, PT/6/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_6_4/paper-observations-of-a-comet-with-remarks-on-the-construction-of-its-different-parts-by-wm-william-herschel, accessed on 09 August 2026

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