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The First Drawing of a Spiral Nebula

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Volume 13, Issue 2
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5. Ibid., “Notes and abstracts of communications”, 4.
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6. Published in Edinburgh, London and Dublin. The drawing appears as Plate VI.
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Pages: 97 - 101
Article first published: June 1982
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