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Paper, 'Several accounts of the aurora borealis which was seen on 19 October 1727' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/4i/82

Date: 30 May 1728

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Accounts of an aurora borealis are presented from Monsieur Gaudin at Paris, Monsieur Maraldi at Treix [France], Signor Francesco Quaranbotti at Treggiaia [Italy] and Eustachio Manfredi at Bologna [Italy].

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 30 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'

Reference number
CLP/4i/82
Earliest possible date
30 May 1728
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Several accounts of the aurora borealis which was seen on 19 October 1727' by unknown author, 30 May 1728, CLP/4i/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_82/paper-several-accounts-of-the-aurora-borealis-which-was-seen-on-19-october-1727-by-unknown-author, accessed on 10 November 2025

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