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RefNoPT/5/16/5
LevelItem
TitlePlate, copy of a nebula observed by Huygens in 1656 by unknown artist
Date[1811]
DescriptionPlate of figure 38 in grey watercolour illustrating a copy of a nebula observed by Huygens in 1656, detailed in his work Systema Saturnium.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Astronomical observations relating to the construction of the heavens, arranged for the purpose of a critical examination, the result of which appears to throw some new light upon the organization of the celestial bodies'.

Written by Herschel at Slough near Windsor. Read 20 June 1811.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour and ink on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0231
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1811.0018
RelatedRecordPT/5/16
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
NA8062Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher1629 - 1695
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