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“Two 4th-magnitude stars located between the heads of Delphinus, Equuleus, and Pegasus” (Bakich 1995).
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Joseph Johnson (1738–1809) was a prolific eighteenth-century London publisher and bookseller known for releasing a variety of titles on everything from high literature to social commentary. Johnson published a diversity of authors including philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, political economist Thomas Malthus, and Dissenting clergyman Joseph Priestly.
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Felice Stoppa points out that, based on the charted position of η Virginis near right ascension 182. 3∘, the charts were computed “for a period equivalent to that of their publication.” Precessing the star’s current position to Young’s given right ascension yields a date of approximately 1791. See Stoppa’s work on historic charts and atlases at http://www.atlascoelestis.com/.
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Joseph John Skelton (1783–1871) was an English engraver whose work specialized largely in antiquarian subjects, making Young’s star chart a rather unusual commission.
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Pages 496–498.
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Barentine, J.C. (2016). The Battery of Volta. In: Uncharted Constellations. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9_3
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