| RefNo | PT/2/12/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, illustration showing phases of a comet by [Willam Herschel] |
| Date | [1808] |
| Description | Two figures drawn in ink showing phases of a comet. Likely drawn by Herschel.
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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink drawing on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0162 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1808.0013 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/2/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |