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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
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17 September 1736
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Martin Folkes

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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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