Paper, description of the aurora borealis at Wittemberg [Germany] by Johann F [Freidrich] Weidler

Reference number: CLP/4ii/13

Date: 18 February 1732

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Weidler shares observations made on 13 February 1732 regarding an aurora borealis observed in Wittemberg.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Descriptio luminum borealium vitemberga Anno CI ICC XXXII. conspectorum'

Reference number: CLP/4ii/13
Earliest possible date: 18 February 1732
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 7 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Weidler

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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Paper, description of the aurora borealis at Wittemberg [Germany] by Johann F [Freidrich] Weidler, 18 February 1732, CLP/4ii/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4ii_13/paper-description-of-the-aurora-borealis-at-wittemberg-germany-by-johann-f-freidrich-weidler, accessed on 19 July 2026

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IV. Descriptio luminum borealium vitemberga Anno CI ICC XXXII. conspectorum External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1733

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0044

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1694-1736 Reference number: CLP/4ii

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