| Index Entry |
Drums, in Boston, heard in air, later identified as a comet
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| Location |
Boston
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| Citation |
BEP(F.759.013
21 May 1759:21 (1238)
[noise heard, probably natural phenomenon that sounded like
a drum -- later it seems to have been identified as a comet
by the publication of "Two Lectures on Comets by John
Winthrop, Hollisian Professor of the Mathematics and
Philosophy at Harvard; see advertisement in BEP(F 25 Jun
1759:33 (1243); and the report of 28 May below.]
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| Generic Title |
Boston Evening Post (Fleet)
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| Date |
1759.05.21
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| Publisher |
Fleet, Thomas, and John
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| City, State |
Boston, MA
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| Year |
1759
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| Bibliography |
B0003029
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