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RefNoRBO/11/35
AltRefNoRBO.11.148
LevelItem
Title'An account of two mock-Suns and an Arc of a Rainbow inverted with an Halo and its bright Arc seen on Sunday and munday October 22 and 23 1721 at Lyndon Comitat Rutland Communicated by William Whiston'
Date1721
DescriptionOriginal letter dated 6 November 1721
Figures showing the parhelion in text
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1721
LanguageEnglish
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCLP/4i/62
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