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'An account of two mock-Suns and an Arc of a Rainbow inverted with an Halo and its bright Arc seen on Sunday and munday October 22 and 23 1721 at Lyndon Comitat Rutland Communicated by William Whiston'

Reference number: RBO/11/35

Date: 1721

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Original letter dated 6 November 1721
Figures showing the parhelion in text
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1721

Reference number
RBO/11/35
Earliest possible date
1721
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An account of two mock-Suns and an Arc of a Rainbow inverted with an Halo and its bright Arc seen on Sunday and munday October 22 and 23 1721 at Lyndon Comitat Rutland Communicated by William Whiston', 1721, RBO/11/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_35/an-account-of-two-mock-suns-and-an-arc-of-a-rainbow-inverted-with-an-halo-and-its-bright-arc-seen-on-sunday-and-munday-october-22-and-23-1721-at-lyndon-comitat-rutland-communicated-by-william-whiston, accessed on 21 March 2025

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