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Account of the aurora borealis from J Frider. Weidler's meteorological journal

Reference number: RBO/17/24

Date: 1732

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Observed at Witteberg on 28 August 1731 and October of the same year
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1732

Reference number
RBO/17/24
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Account of the aurora borealis from J Frider. Weidler's meteorological journal, 1732, RBO/17/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_24/account-of-the-aurora-borealis-from-j-frider-weidlers-meteorological-journal, accessed on 06 September 2026

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