| Reference number | PT/2/12 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations of a comet made with a view to investigate its magnitude and the nature of its illumination. To which is added an account of a new irregularity lately perceived in the apparent figure of the planet Saturn' by William Herschel |
| Date | [1808] |
| Description | 16 manuscript pages and one plate showing phases of a comet.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of a comet, made with a view to investigate its magnitude and the nature of its illumination. To which is added, an account of a new irregularity lately perceived in the apparent figure of the planet Saturn'.
Read 7 April 1808.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832. |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0162 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1808.0013 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/2/12/1 |
| PT/2/12/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |