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Reference numberL&P/11/29
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A third catagloue of the comparative brightness of stars; with introductory account of an index to Mr Flamsteed's Observations of the fixed stars' by William Herschel
Date12 April 1797
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A third catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars; with an introductory account of an index to Mr. Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars contained in the second volume of the Historia Cœlestis. To which are added, several useful results derived from that index'

Read 18 May 1797
Extent31p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1797.0015
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
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