Paper, 'A description of an aurora borealis seen on the same day at Cruwys-Morchard in Devonshire [England]' by Samuel Cruwys
Reference number: CLP/4i/64
Date: 11 January 1722
Description
Cruwys shares meteorological observations taken at Cruwys-Morchard on 6 February 1720-21, describing 'streaming lights' appearing in the evening sky.
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1722
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of an aurora borealis, seen on the same day at Cruwys-Morehard [sic], in Devonshire'
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- CLP/4i/64
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- 11 January 1722
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- 4 pages
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Samuel Cruwys, Paper, 'A description of an aurora borealis seen on the same day at Cruwys-Morchard in Devonshire [England]' by Samuel Cruwys, 11 January 1722, CLP/4i/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_64/paper-a-description-of-an-aurora-borealis-seen-on-the-same-day-at-cruwys-morchard-in-devonshire-england-by-samuel-cruwys, accessed on 30 April 2025
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VI. A description of an aurora borealis, seen on the same day at Cruwys-Morehard, in Devonshire External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1721
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0046
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Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1661-1728 Reference number: CLP/4i
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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