posted on 2023-11-22, 07:30authored byFrancis Abbott
If it were not for the certainty that many and important changes have of late years taken place in connection with the star in Argo Navis, and the surrounding nebula, I should feel some diffidence in replying to the queries set forth by the late Sir John Herschel and the Astronomer Royal.
History
Publication title
Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
27-31
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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..