Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9810
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Structure of the Milky Way galaxy
Date
1785
Creator
William Herschel (1738 - 1822, German-British) , Astronomer
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 321mm
width (drawing): 179mm
width (drawing): 179mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 8 figure 4 from the paper “On the construction of the heavens”, by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.75 (1785), pp.213-266.
Illustration of a section through the galaxy, leading Herschel to the conclusion that “our nebula...is of the third form; that is: A very extensive, branching, compound Congeries of many millions of stars.”
Inscribed in pencil verso with publication details. Not signed. Watermarked “CP”.
Illustration of a section through the galaxy, leading Herschel to the conclusion that “our nebula...is of the third form; that is: A very extensive, branching, compound Congeries of many millions of stars.”
Inscribed in pencil verso with publication details. Not signed. Watermarked “CP”.
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