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RefNoEL/W4/22
LevelItem
TitleObservations of the aurora borealis and the movements of Venus and Saturn by Johann Weidler
Date1736
DescriptionObservations of an aurora borealis seen in January and March 1734; of the movements of Venus and Saturn
Engravings of parhelia (mock suns)
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1736
LanguageLatin
Extent5p
FormatManuscript and engravings
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 442, p 266
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6780Weidler; Johann Friedrich (? 1691 - 1755); mathematician and astronomer? 1691 - 1755
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