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Letter, 'Observations of aurora borealis made in Sweden' from Thorbern Olof Bergman to Benjamin Wilson

Reference number: L&P/4/103

Date: 28 April 1761

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on Auroræ boreales in Sweden: In a letter to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. from Mr. Thorbern Bergman, of Upsal'

Read 18 March 1762

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L&P/4/103
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28 April 1761
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Torbern Olof Bergman

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Torbern Olof Bergman, Letter, 'Observations of aurora borealis made in Sweden' from Thorbern Olof Bergman to Benjamin Wilson, 28 April 1761, L&P/4/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_103/letter-observations-of-aurora-borealis-made-in-sweden-from-thorbern-olof-bergman-to-benjamin-wilson, accessed on 13 January 2025

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