Paper, 'Papers about Mock Suns and a Comet' by Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: CLP/24/72
Date: 1667
Description
First paper charters the movements of a comet through different constellations [location unknown]. Second paper recounts the sighting of two mock suns [a bright spot in the sky appearing on either side of the sun, formed by refraction of sunlight] and four rainbows.
Subject: Astronomy
- Reference number
- CLP/24/72
- Earliest possible date
- 1667
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Paper, 'Papers about Mock Suns and a Comet' by Henry Oldenburg, 1667, CLP/24/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_72/paper-papers-about-mock-suns-and-a-comet-by-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 16 August 2026
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Classified papers: volume 24, papers of John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics
17th century Reference number: CLP/24
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Classified Papers
The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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