| Reference number | L&P/8/144 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Of a new system of wires in the focus of a telescope' by Francis Wollaston |
| Date | 15 March 1785 |
| Description | Contains one plate.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A description of a new system of wires in the focus of a telescope, for observing the comparative right ascensions and declinations of cœlestial objects; together with a method of investigating the same when observed by the rhombus, though it happen not to be truly in an equatorial position'
Read 7 April 1785 |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper and plate |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1785.0018 |
| Related records in the catalogue | L&P/8/144/1 |
| L&P/8/144/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3227 | Wollaston; Francis (1731 - 1815) | 1731 - 1815 |