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William Herschel (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biographical article on William Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus and infrared radiation.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

10

Holds

2

General References

2
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