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Herschel (17  June  1830) Herschel, William ‘On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars'
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. 1795
WG cites Herschel's article in Thoughts on Man (PPW 6: 268).
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Guthrie, WilliamA new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar; and the present state of the several kingdoms of the world … with a table of the coins of all nations and their value in English money … Illustrated with a new a correct set of maps, engraved by Mr. Kitchin. 1770
WG cites Guthrie as a source for some of his information on Herschel in Thoughts on Man (PPW 6: 241). WG reads Herschel or about Herschel in the British Museum on this date.

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