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English: The earliest known record of a sun spot drawing in 1128, by John of Worcester . "The Chronicle of John of Worcester", date=1128 currently residing in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, page=380 MS 157
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Source The Chronicle of John of Worcester, date=1128, current held by Corpus Christi College, Oxford, page=380, MS 157 as found in Albert Van Helden "Galileo and Scheiner on Sunspots: A Case Study in the Visual Language of Astronomy" https://www.jstor.org/stable/987314
Author John of Worcester

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The author died in 1140, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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