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Paper, 'Catalogue of North Polar distances of 83 of the fixed stars, from observations made with the mural circle at the Royal Observatory' by John Pond

Reference number: PT/7/32

Date: 1813

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Catalogue of North Polar distances of eighty-four principal fixed stars, deduced from observations made with the mural circle at the Royal Observatory'.

Read 8 July 1813.

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PT/7/32
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1813
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Ink on paper
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43 pages
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Manuscript

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John Pond

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John Pond, Paper, 'Catalogue of North Polar distances of 83 of the fixed stars, from observations made with the mural circle at the Royal Observatory' by John Pond, 1813, PT/7/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_7_32/paper-catalogue-of-north-polar-distances-of-83-of-the-fixed-stars-from-observations-made-with-the-mural-circle-at-the-royal-observatory-by-john-pond, accessed on 14 July 2025

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