| RefNo | AP/17/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Account of an extraordinary luminous presence in the heavens seen at Athboy in Ireland on the 21st March 1833' by Lord Darnley [Edward Bligh] |
| Date | 28 March 1833 |
| Description | Bligh, fifth Earl of Darnley, writes of a 'luminous presence', at times described as a meteor or 'enormous comet', observed at Clifton Lodge. Includes one diagram separate to the text. With accompanying letter from Darnley to J G [John George] Children.
Subject: Astronomy
Written by Bligh at Clifton Lodge, Athboy [Ireland].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'An account of an extraordinary luminous appearance in the heavens, seen at athboy in Ireland, on the 21st of March, 1833'. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0106 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA255 | Bligh; Edward (1795 - 1835); 5th Earl of Darnley | 1795 - 1835 |
| NA3175 | Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist | 1777 - 1852 |