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'A Description of an Aurora Borealis seen at Cruwys Morehard in Devonshire February 6 1720 By Samuel Cruwys'

Reference number: RBO/11/45

Date: 1721

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Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1721

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RBO/11/45
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1721
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'A Description of an Aurora Borealis seen at Cruwys Morehard in Devonshire February 6 1720 By Samuel Cruwys', 1721, RBO/11/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_45/a-description-of-an-aurora-borealis-seen-at-cruwys-morehard-in-devonshire-february-6-1720-by-samuel-cruwys, accessed on 10 October 2024

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