Observations of the aurora borealis and the movements of Venus and Saturn by Johann Weidler
Reference number: EL/W4/22
Date: 1736
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Observations of an aurora borealis seen in January and March 1734; of the movements of Venus and Saturn
Engravings of parhelia (mock suns)
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1736
- Reference number
- EL/W4/22
- Earliest possible date
- 1736
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript and engravings
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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Observations of the aurora borealis and the movements of Venus and Saturn by Johann Weidler, 1736, EL/W4/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_22/observations-of-the-aurora-borealis-and-the-movements-of-venus-and-saturn-by-johann-weidler, accessed on 12 December 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Johann Friedrich Weidler
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