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Paper, regarding Christfried Kirch's observations of the comet witnessed at Berlin on 18 January 1718 by Sprengell

Reference number: CLP/8i/68

Date: 18 January 1718

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Sprengell shares a table charting comet observations fro 746 to 1718.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 8 November 1722

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CLP/8i/68
Earliest possible date
18 January 1718
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, regarding Christfried Kirch's observations of the comet witnessed at Berlin on 18 January 1718 by Sprengell, 18 January 1718, CLP/8i/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_68/paper-regarding-christfried-kirchs-observations-of-the-comet-witnessed-at-berlin-on-18-january-1718-by-sprengell, accessed on 06 October 2024

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