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The author shares a description of an aurora borealis.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1728

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CLP/4i/81
Earliest possible date
25 January 1727
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding an aurora borealis observed by Signor Bianchini by unknown author, 25 January 1727, CLP/4i/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_81/paper-regarding-an-aurora-borealis-observed-by-signor-bianchini-by-unknown-author, accessed on 10 November 2024

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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