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Paper, 'An account of the aurora borealis observ'd at Dublin on Monday the sixth of February 1720/1' by J W [Wagner]

Reference number: CLP/4i/61

Date: 06 July 1721

Description

Wagner shares meteorological observations made in Dublin for 6 February 1721, describing an 'uncommon light' in the sky.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 6 July 1721

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an aurora borealis, observed at Dublin, on Monday the sixth of February, 1720-1'

Reference number
CLP/4i/61
Earliest possible date
06 July 1721
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the aurora borealis observ'd at Dublin on Monday the sixth of February 1720/1' by J W [Wagner], 06 July 1721, CLP/4i/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_61/paper-an-account-of-the-aurora-borealis-observd-at-dublin-on-monday-the-sixth-of-february-17201-by-j-w-wagner, accessed on 18 March 2025

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