PHILOSOPHICAL 
transactions. 
I. A Letter from William Herfchel, E/j. F. R . S» 
TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. P. R. S. 
S I R, 
B Y the obfervations of the moft eminent Aftronomers in 
Europe it appears, that the new ftar, which I had the 
honour of pointing out to them in March, 1781, is a Primary 
Planet of our Solar Syftem. A body fo nearly related to us by 
its limilar condition and fituation, in the unbounded expanfe of 
the harry heavens, mull: often be the fubjedt of the conven- 
tion, not only of aftronomers, but of every lover of fcience in 
general. This confideration then makes it necefl'ary to give it 
a name, whereby it may be diftinguifhed from the reft of the 
planets and fixed ftars. 
Vol. LXXIII. 
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