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Paper, 'Account of the circulation of watery vapour of the sea by the sun and of the cause of springs' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/21/27

Date: 1689

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Discusses atmospheric circulation. Read to the Royal Society on 12 February 1689.

Subject: Geography, Meteorology

Reference number
CLP/21/27
Earliest possible date
1689
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'Account of the circulation of watery vapour of the sea by the sun and of the cause of springs' by Edmond Halley, 1689, CLP/21/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_27/paper-account-of-the-circulation-of-watery-vapour-of-the-sea-by-the-sun-and-of-the-cause-of-springs-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 21 April 2025

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    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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