The new comet : drawn at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

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<p>Cutting from a newspaper (a reference to Captain Warner's explosion off Brighton on the other side indicates this is from 1844) about the appearance of a bright comet on the night of July 23rd.</p>

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The new comet : drawn at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

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