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Letter, 'An aurora' by I L Winn to Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: L&P/6/22

Date: 22 January 1774

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on the aurora borealis. By Mr. Winn. In a letter to Dr. Franklin'

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Reference number
L&P/6/22
Earliest possible date
22 January 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'An aurora' by I L Winn to Benjamin Franklin, 22 January 1774, L&P/6/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_22/letter-an-aurora-by-i-l-winn-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 15 April 2026

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