Letter, from Arthur Dobbs to Richard Dobbs, dated at Castle-Dobbs

Reference number: EL/D2/4

Date: 24 March 1722

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Observations of the parhelion (mock sun) witnessed at Castle-Dobbs, two miles from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, during March and April 1721
Richard Dobbs sent this letter to James Jurin
Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1722

Reference number: EL/D2/4
Earliest possible date: 24 March 1722
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Arthur Dobbs

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Arthur Dobbs, Letter, from Arthur Dobbs to Richard Dobbs, dated at Castle-Dobbs, 24 March 1722, EL/D2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_4/letter-from-arthur-dobbs-to-richard-dobbs-dated-at-castle-dobbs, accessed on 20 March 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters D2
1720-1740 Reference number: EL/D2

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