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RefNoPT/9/19/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, diagrams of satellite positions by unknown artist
Date[1815]
DescriptionPlate XVI showing figures 1-3 drawn in ink. The diagrams show the locations of the Georgian planet's satellites as observed by Herschel.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A series of observations of the satellites of the Georgian planet, including a passage through the node of their orbits; with an introductory account of the telescopic apparatus that has been used on this occasion; and a final exposition of some calculated particulars deduced from the observations'.

Read 8 June 1815.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk diagrams on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0018
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1815.0020
RelatedRecordPT/9/19
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
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