RefNo | PT/5/16 |
Level | File |
Title | Paper, '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' by Wm [William] Herschel |
Date | 26 May 1811 |
Description | 43 manuscript pages and four plates showing drawings of various celestial objects.
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.
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 | 47p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0231 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1811.0018 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |