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Reference numberCLP/4i/75
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The same observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire [England]' by George Lynn
Date1727
DescriptionLynn presents a description of an aurora borealis 'which began about six at night to be light in the north, with streaks proceeding from it, and spread gradually both towards the east and west, the south being still very clear; but before seven it left all the northern parts (except towards the zenith) and cover'd all the southern'.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 8 June 1727

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The same observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire'
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1726.0050
Related records in the catalogueRBO/13/4
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