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12 Oct 2018
| 12 Oct 2018
The Great Aurora of January 1770 observed in Spain
Víctor M. S. Carrasco
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz
06071, Spain
Enric Aragonès
Societat Catalana d'Història de la Ciència i de la
Tècnica, Barcelona 08011, Spain
Jorge Ordaz
Instituto Feijoo del Siglo XVIII, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo 33005,
Spain
José M. Vaquero
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Mérida
06800, Spain
Instituto Universitario de Investigación del Agua, Cambio
Climático y Sostenibilidad (IACYS), Universidad de Extremadura, 06006
Badajoz, Spain
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