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Paper, regarding wells that makes noise when there is a change in the weather by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/6/55

Date: 17th century

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Paper describing a well on the property of the Marquis de St Simon that makes a sound when the weather changes from good to bad and vice versa. The author describes a well of a similar depth in a nearby village that never makes noise, and a third well in another nearby village called Villeneuve that makes a noise at similar times and accumulates dust from the road, expelling the dust when the weather turns nice.

Subject: Acoustics / Meteorology

Reference number
CLP/6/55
Earliest possible date
17th century
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Paper, regarding wells that makes noise when there is a change in the weather by unknown author, 17th century, CLP/6/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_55/paper-regarding-wells-that-makes-noise-when-there-is-a-change-in-the-weather-by-unknown-author, accessed on 21 April 2026

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