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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the meteors of the 18th of August and 4th of October, 1783'

Read 15 January 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/51
Earliest possible date
06 November 1783
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Alexander Aubert

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Alexander Aubert, Letter, 'Of the same meteor' from Alexander Aubert to unknown recipient, 06 November 1783, L&P/8/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_51/letter-of-the-same-meteor-from-alexander-aubert-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 30 April 2025

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