RefNo | AP/2/12/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Manuscript, 'Account of a comet' by Wm [William] Herschel |
Date | [1781] |
Description | Herschel gives his account of a new comet first observed on 13 March 1781 in the vicinity of H Geminorum, and provides data from his observations of the comet through March and April 1781.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Account of a comet'.
Written by Herschel at King Street, Bath [Somerset, England]. Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1781. |
Extent | 11p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1781.0056 |
RelatedRecord | AP/2/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |