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Letter, 'An account of lightning in the parish of Sampford Courtenay in Devon [England]' from unknown author to John Chamberlayne

Reference number: CLP/4i/57

Date: 15 November 1711

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The author shares details of a storm which occurred on 7 October 1711 around 3 or 4pm.

Subject: Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 15 November 1711

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Sampford-Courtney in Devonshire, on October the 7th 1711'

Reference number
CLP/4i/57
Earliest possible date
15 November 1711
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'An account of lightning in the parish of Sampford Courtenay in Devon [England]' from unknown author to John Chamberlayne, 15 November 1711, CLP/4i/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_57/letter-an-account-of-lightning-in-the-parish-of-sampford-courtenay-in-devon-england-from-unknown-author-to-john-chamberlayne, accessed on 25 March 2025

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