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Letter, from George St Clare to Robert Hooke, dated at Clapham

Reference number: EL/C2/9

Date: 19 January 1680

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St Clare's covering letter enclosing an anonymous account of a comet seen in Scotland during December

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EL/C2/9
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19 January 1680
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1 page
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Manuscript
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George St Clare

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George St Clare, Letter, from George St Clare to Robert Hooke, dated at Clapham, 19 January 1680, EL/C2/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_9/letter-from-george-st-clare-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-clapham, accessed on 27 April 2025

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