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'An Account of a Comet, which was observed at Berlin in the Royal Observatory Anno 1718 from January 18 to February 5 by Christfried Kirch'

Reference number: RBO/11/4

Date: 1722

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Christfried Kirch was son of the mathematician Godfried Kirch extracted from the Nova Litteraria Lipsiae by Dr Sprengell
Read to the Royal Society on 8 November 1722

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RBO/11/4
Earliest possible date
1722
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of a Comet, which was observed at Berlin in the Royal Observatory Anno 1718 from January 18 to February 5 by Christfried Kirch', 1722, RBO/11/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_4/an-account-of-a-comet-which-was-observed-at-berlin-in-the-royal-observatory-anno-1718-from-january-18-to-february-5-by-christfried-kirch, accessed on 25 March 2025

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