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Paper, regarding observations of a comet witnessed from the Aventine in Rome by Didacus Revillas

Reference number: CLP/8ii/61

Date: 16 June 1737

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Revillas describes a comet observed in February 1737 at around 7pm.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1737

Reference number
CLP/8ii/61
Earliest possible date
16 June 1737
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Didacus de Revillas

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Didacus de Revillas, Paper, regarding observations of a comet witnessed from the Aventine in Rome by Didacus Revillas, 16 June 1737, CLP/8ii/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_61/paper-regarding-observations-of-a-comet-witnessed-from-the-aventine-in-rome-by-didacus-revillas, accessed on 13 October 2024

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