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Paper, 'Determination of the North Polar distances and proper motion of 30 fixed stars' by J [John] Pond

Reference number: PT/9/22

Date: 1815

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Determination of the North Polar distances and proper motion of thirty fixed stars'.

Read 15 June 1815.

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/9/22
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1815
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6 pages
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John Pond

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John Pond, Paper, 'Determination of the North Polar distances and proper motion of 30 fixed stars' by J [John] Pond, 1815, PT/9/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_9_22/paper-determination-of-the-north-polar-distances-and-proper-motion-of-30-fixed-stars-by-j-john-pond, accessed on 16 September 2026

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