'The Extract of a Letter from Dr Eustachio Manfredi Professor of Astronomy at Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham with details of an aurora borealis
Reference number: RBO/14/29
Date: 1728
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Original letter dated 16 October 1727/8
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- RBO/14/29
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- 1728
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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'The Extract of a Letter from Dr Eustachio Manfredi Professor of Astronomy at Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham with details of an aurora borealis, 1728, RBO/14/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_29/the-extract-of-a-letter-from-dr-eustachio-manfredi-professor-of-astronomy-at-bologna-to-sir-thomas-dereham-with-details-of-an-aurora-borealis, accessed on 14 November 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-1730
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