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Paper, 'Observations of the aurora borealis made in England' [translation of 'Observationes de aurora boreali habita in Anglia'] by Andreas Celsius

Reference number: CLP/4ii/21

Date: 08 April 1736

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An English translation of the paper at CLP/4ii/20.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1736

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the aurora borealis made in England by Andr. Celsius, F. R. S. and Secr. R. S. of Upsal in Sweden'

Reference number
CLP/4ii/21
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08 April 1736
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Andreas Celsius

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Andreas Celsius, Paper, 'Observations of the aurora borealis made in England' [translation of 'Observationes de aurora boreali habita in Anglia'] by Andreas Celsius, 08 April 1736, CLP/4ii/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4ii_21/paper-observations-of-the-aurora-borealis-made-in-england-translation-of-observationes-de-aurora-boreali-habita-in-anglia-by-andreas-celsius, accessed on 10 December 2025

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