A strange appearance in the air over Coleraine
Date
1690
Creator
Object type
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Manuscript page number
f23 pp88-89
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 347mm
width (page): 437mm
width (page): 437mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Image of a strange appearance in the air over Coleraine which took place on Whit Monday 1690, with explanation by Christopher Cole. This is included amongst the papers collected by Robert Southwell.
Transcription
A Demonstration of a Strange appearance in the Air over Coleraine on Whit Monday 1690 between two & three in the afternoon by C. C.
The original of this figure attested by Sam: Miller Esq. of which this is a true Coppy Chris: Cole
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
The original of this figure attested by Sam: Miller Esq. of which this is a true Coppy Chris: Cole
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
This manuscript was sold at Sotheby's in June 1893 (Phillips sale) and acquired by the Royal Society from a purchaser of that lot. Some of the material is signed by Robin Bacon, who was also Robert Boyle's scribe (see William Poole, 'Sir Robert Southwell's Dialogue on Thomas Burnet's Theory of the Earth: "C & S Discourse of Mr Burnett's Theory of the Earth" (1684): Contexts and an Edition', The Seventeenth Century, 23 (2008), 72-104).
Related fellows
Robert Southwell (1635 - 1702, British) , Diplomat
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