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Paper, 'Account of the observations of a comet lately seen and published' by John Henry Wight

Reference number: CLP/8i/34

Date: 1677

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Wight describes a comet observed in Sweden on 30 November 1677.

Subject: Astronomy

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CLP/8i/34
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1677
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the observations of a comet lately seen and published' by John Henry Wight, 1677, CLP/8i/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_34/paper-account-of-the-observations-of-a-comet-lately-seen-and-published-by-john-henry-wight, accessed on 15 May 2025

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