Record

Reference numberL&P/11/31
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Observations of the changeable brightness of the satellites of Jupiter and of the variation in their apparent magnitudes' by William Herschel
Date30 April 1797
DescriptionContains four plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the means employed to obtain an overflowing well. In a letter to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. from Mr. Benjamin Vulliamy'

Read 1 June 1797
Extent24p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper and four plates
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1797.0017
Related records in the catalogueL&P/11/31/1
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L&P/11/31/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
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