Account of the 'Aurora Borealis' seen in New England by Isaac Greenwood, dated at Harvard College

Reference number: EL/G2/10

Date: 24 October 1730

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Seen on 22 October 1730
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Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 418, p 55

Reference number: EL/G2/10
Earliest possible date: 24 October 1730
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Isaac Greenwood

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Isaac Greenwood, Account of the 'Aurora Borealis' seen in New England by Isaac Greenwood, dated at Harvard College, 24 October 1730, EL/G2/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_10/account-of-the-aurora-borealis-seen-in-new-england-by-isaac-greenwood-dated-at-harvard-college, accessed on 10 February 2026

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I. An account of an Aurora Borealis seen in New-England on the 22d of October, 1730, by Mr. Isaac Greenwood, Professor of Mathematicks at Cambridge in New-England. Communicated in a letter to the late Dr. Rutty, R. S. Secr. External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1731

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0011

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Early Letters G2
1722-1740 Reference number: EL/G2

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