Letter, 'Of a remarkable halo' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/4/33

Date: 03 March 1760

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the use of furze in fencing the banks of rivers: In a letter to the Reverend Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. from the Reverend Mr. David Wark'

Read 8 January 1761

Reference number: L&P/4/33
Earliest possible date: 03 March 1760
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a remarkable halo' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley, 03 March 1760, L&P/4/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_33/letter-of-a-remarkable-halo-from-thomas-barker-to-william-stukeley, accessed on 14 November 2025

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II. An account of a remarkable halo: In a letter to the Rev. William Stukeley, M. D. F. R. S. from Tho. Barker, Esq; External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1761

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1761.0003

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4

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