Part of a letter, description of three suns from William Palmer to Dr Decaguliers
Reference number: CLP/4ii/3
Date: 30 March 1730
Description
Original letter dated 30 March 1730 at Kendal [England]. Palmer shares bservations of two 'mock suns' (parhelia) either side of the Sun with rainbows.
Subject: Meteorology
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1730
- Reference number
- CLP/4ii/3
- Earliest possible date
- 30 March 1730
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Part of a letter, description of three suns from William Palmer to Dr Decaguliers, 30 March 1730, CLP/4ii/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4ii_3/part-of-a-letter-description-of-three-suns-from-william-palmer-to-dr-decaguliers, accessed on 22 January 2025
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Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1694-1736 Reference number: CLP/4ii
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