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Paper, regarding observations of the aurora borealis seen at Florence on 19 October 1726 by Signor Beccari

Reference number: CLP/4i/79

Date: 09 May 1728

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Beccari describes an aurora borealis seen at half past six on 20 October 1726, and notes that similar accounts were made at Bologna and Milan.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1728

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Extract of several letters &c. from different parts of Europe, relating to the Aurora Borealis seen Oct. 19. N. S. 1726'

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CLP/4i/79
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09 May 1728
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13 pages
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Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari

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Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, Paper, regarding observations of the aurora borealis seen at Florence on 19 October 1726 by Signor Beccari, 09 May 1728, CLP/4i/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_79/paper-regarding-observations-of-the-aurora-borealis-seen-at-florence-on-19-october-1726-by-signor-beccari, accessed on 14 October 2024

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