Record

RefNoCLP/4i/79
LevelItem
TitlePaper, regarding observations of the aurora borealis seen at Florence on 19 October 1726 by Signor Beccari
Date1728
DescriptionBeccari describes an aurora borealis seen at half past six on 20 October 1726, and notes that similar accounts were made at Bologna and Milan.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1728

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Extract of several letters &c. from different parts of Europe, relating to the Aurora Borealis seen Oct. 19. N. S. 1726'
LanguageLatin
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0041
JBO/14/216
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5687Beccari; Giacomo Bartolommeo (1682 - 1766)1682 - 1766
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