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Paper, 'The same observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire [England]' by George Lynn

Reference number: CLP/4i/75

Date: 08 June 1727

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Lynn presents a description of an aurora borealis 'which began about six at night to be light in the north, with streaks proceeding from it, and spread gradually both towards the east and west, the south being still very clear; but before seven it left all the northern parts (except towards the zenith) and cover'd all the southern'.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 8 June 1727

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The same observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire'

Reference number
CLP/4i/75
Earliest possible date
08 June 1727
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'The same observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire [England]' by George Lynn, 08 June 1727, CLP/4i/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_75/paper-the-same-observd-at-southwick-in-northamptonshire-england-by-george-lynn, accessed on 21 March 2025

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