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RefNoCLP/4i/82
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Several accounts of the aurora borealis which was seen on 19 October 1727' by unknown author
Date1728
DescriptionAccounts of an aurora borealis are presented from Monsieur Gaudin at Paris, Monsieur Maraldi at Treix [France], Signor Francesco Quaranbotti at Treggiaia [Italy] and Eustachio Manfredi at Bologna [Italy].

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 30 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'
LanguageEnglish
Italian
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0041
RelatedRecordCLP/4i/83
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