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'A Description of some uncommon Appearances observ'd in an Aurora borealis' by Reverend William Derham, canon of Windsor communicated in a letter to Hans Sloane

Reference number: RBO/14/7

Date: 1728

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RBO/14/7
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1728
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2 pages
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'A Description of some uncommon Appearances observ'd in an Aurora borealis' by Reverend William Derham, canon of Windsor communicated in a letter to Hans Sloane, 1728, RBO/14/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_7/a-description-of-some-uncommon-appearances-observd-in-an-aurora-borealis-by-reverend-william-derham-canon-of-windsor-communicated-in-a-letter-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 23 May 2025

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