Paper, 'An account of an aurora borealis' by J [John] Desaguliers
Reference number: CLP/4i/66
Date: 31 January 1723
Description
Desaguliers presents observations of the aurora borealis on 22 December 1722 as seen from Stanmore in Middlesex [England]. Includes two pages of figures illustrating Desaguliers's observations.
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1723
- Reference number
- CLP/4i/66
- Earliest possible date
- 31 January 1723
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Theophilus Desaguliers, Paper, 'An account of an aurora borealis' by J [John] Desaguliers, 31 January 1723, CLP/4i/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_66/paper-an-account-of-an-aurora-borealis-by-j-john-desaguliers, accessed on 10 December 2023
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