'An account of an uncommon Appearance in a Letter to Dr Desaguliers by William Palmer'
Reference number: RBO/14/117
Date: 1730
Description
Original letter dated 30 March 1730 at Kendal
Observations of two 'mock suns' (parhelia) either side of the true sun with rainbows
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1730
- Reference number
- RBO/14/117
- Earliest possible date
- 1730
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An account of an uncommon Appearance in a Letter to Dr Desaguliers by William Palmer', 1730, RBO/14/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_117/an-account-of-an-uncommon-appearance-in-a-letter-to-dr-desaguliers-by-william-palmer, accessed on 10 February 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-1730
1728-1730 Reference number: RBO/14
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