RefNo | L&P/12/85/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Plate, 'Notation of small stars seen with telescope' by William Herschel |
Date | 1804 |
Description | Contains four figures.
Subject: Scientific instruments/Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments for ascertaining how far telescopes will enable us to determine very small angles, and to distinguish the real from the spurious diameters of celestial and terrestrial objects: with an application of the result of these experiments to a series of observations on the nature and magnitude of Mr. Harding's lately discovered star'
Read 6 December 1804 |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Illustration on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1805.0004 |
RelatedRecord | L&P/12/85 |
L&P/12/85/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |