| RefNo | MM/1/51 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from John Swinton, Christ Church, Oxford, to Thomas Birch |
| Date | 23 September 1760 |
| Description | The letter gives "an account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford" on the 21st September 1760
Swinton reports some of the local people believing the meteor to be the sign of a "calamitous event".
With letter from J Mynde, printer of the 'Philosophical Transactions', on sending a proof of the plate of a drawing of a meteor's path to Swinton (letter dated 1768).
Mynde's letter relates to another by Swinton on meteors (Description of a Meteor Seen at Oxford, October 12, 1766), published in 'Philosophical Transactions', Vol. 57, pp108-110 |
| Extent | 3 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8129 | Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766) | 1705 - 1766 |
| NA7226 | Swinton; John (1703 - 1777) | 1703 - 1777 |