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Discussing differences between his observations of the parhelia (mock suns) on 31 December 1735 and those of Mr Neve's made at Peterborough on 30 December 1735

Reference number
EL/W4/11
Earliest possible date
25 October 1736
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Weidler

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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Johann Friedrich Weidler, Letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, 25 October 1736, EL/W4/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_11/letter-from-johann-weidler-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 12 August 2026

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