“The Great Laboratories of the Universe”: William Herschel on Matter Theory and Planetary Life
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal for the History of Astronomy
- Vol. 11 (2), 81-111
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002182868001100202
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