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Original letter dated 2 July 1728
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1728

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RBO/14/8
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An account of an Aurora borealis observ'd at Dublin on Fryday March 3 1727' in a letter from M J Walton, 1728, RBO/14/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_8/an-account-of-an-aurora-borealis-observd-at-dublin-on-fryday-march-3-1727-in-a-letter-from-m-j-walton, accessed on 12 May 2025

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