Letter, from Roger Cotes [to the Royal Society], dated at Cambridge
Reference number: EL/C2/47
Date: 05 March 1716
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Observations of the rays of light emitted from two meteors witnessed seven years apart, which gave the appearance of a canopy
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- EL/C2/47
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- 05 March 1716
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Roger Cotes, Roger Cotes, Letter, from Roger Cotes [to the Royal Society], dated at Cambridge, 05 March 1716, EL/C2/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_47/letter-from-roger-cotes-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 20 May 2026
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