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Kings MS 274
- Record Id:
- 040-002017225
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x0002be
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 274
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Account of some observations tending to investigate the construction of the Heavens' : a paper on nebulae and star-clusters by William [afterwards Sir William] Herschel. Holograph, and signed (f. 8b) with the date 'Datchet, near Windsor, April, 1784'. At the end (ff. 9,10) are eighteen figures to illustrate the text. The paper was read (17 June, 1784) before the Royal Society and printed in the Philosophical Transactions, 1xxiv, P. 437.
Paper; ff.10. Folio. 11 in. x 8 in. A.D. 1784. Half-bound in calf, marbled sides.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002017225 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 274 : 'Account of some observations tending to investigate the construction of the Heavens' : a paper on nebulae and star-clusters… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0190]/040-002017225
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1784
- End Date:
- 1784
- Date Range:
- 1784
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)