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English: Cropped scan from Phoebe Allen's 1912 book Peeps at Heraldry, showing heraldry of Sir William Herschel, 1738–1822, astronomer. William Herschel's full heraldic achievement, including his coat of arms depicting his 40-foot telescope. In the chief of the coat of arms is the planet symbol of Uranus.
Text in the image is as follows: In the heraldry, behind the coat of arms: "NEC AS[obscured]TERRENT" (presumably "NEC ASPERA TERRENT") In the heraldry, on the ribbon: "CŒLIS · EXPLORATIS." |
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| Source | Peeps at Heraldry by Phoebe Allen (1912), plate 6. Ebook available from Project Gutenberg (not the same scan, though): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55439 |
| Author | Phoebe Allen |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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