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Painting, aurora borealis at 9h 5m by [Charles C Christie]

Reference number: PT/74/3/1

Date: 1835

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Plate 2, figure 1 showing the aurora borealis observed by Christie from the drawing room window of Deal Castle near Ramsgate [Kent, England] at 21:05 on 18 November 1835. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Memoranda made during the appearance of the 'Aurora Borealis on the 18th of November, 1835' by Charles C Christie.

Received and read to the Royal Society on 10 December 1835.

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PT/74/3/1
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1835
Physical description
Ink wash on paper, mounted on card
Page extent
1 page
Format
Painting

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Charles C Christie

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Charles C Christie, Painting, aurora borealis at 9h 5m by [Charles C Christie], 1835, PT/74/3/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_3_1/painting-aurora-borealis-at-9h-5m-by-charles-c-christie, accessed on 14 December 2024

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