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Paper, 'Observations of a comett made at Boston in New England [USA]' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/8i/33

Date: 27 December 1680

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The author describes a comet observed in Boston on 18 November 1680.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 13 April 1681

Reference number
CLP/8i/33
Earliest possible date
27 December 1680
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations of a comett made at Boston in New England [USA]' by unknown author, 27 December 1680, CLP/8i/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_33/paper-observations-of-a-comett-made-at-boston-in-new-england-usa-by-unknown-author, accessed on 21 March 2025

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