Paper, 'An observation of three mock suns seen in London, Friday September 17 1736' by Martin Folkes
Reference number: CLP/4ii/23
Date: 17 September 1736

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Folkes describes parhelia observed on 17 September 1736, stating he 'accidentally took notice of an odd stream of coloured light, shooting upwards from the sun, as I then thought, shining through a thin waterish cloud.' Figure of parhelia attached.
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
Read to the Royal Society on 4 November 1736
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of three mock-suns seen in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 1736'
- Reference number
- CLP/4ii/23
- Earliest possible date
- 17 September 1736
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Martin Folkes, Paper, 'An observation of three mock suns seen in London, Friday September 17 1736' by Martin Folkes, 17 September 1736, CLP/4ii/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4ii_23/paper-an-observation-of-three-mock-suns-seen-in-london-friday-september-17-1736-by-martin-folkes, accessed on 10 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1738
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0013
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Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1694-1736 Reference number: CLP/4ii
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