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Letter, 'Description of an Aurora Borealis' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/9/151

Date: 24 February 1784

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 14 December 1786

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L&P/9/151
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24 February 1784
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Hutchinson

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Benjamin Hutchinson, Letter, 'Description of an Aurora Borealis' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks, 24 February 1784, L&P/9/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_151/letter-description-of-an-aurora-borealis-from-benjamin-hutchinson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 13 October 2024

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