Letter, from [Orlando] Bridgeman [to William Winde], dated at Ipswich, Suffolk
Reference number: EL/B2/64
Date: 20 July 1708
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Autograph letter with an account of a thunderstorm near Ipswich, Suffolk, and in particular about those wounded on a boat which was coming into Harwich at that time. Excerpt of letter published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol 26, no 316, pp.137-8.
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- EL/B2/64
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- 20 July 1708
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- 4 pages
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Orlando Bridgeman, Letter, from [Orlando] Bridgeman [to William Winde], dated at Ipswich, Suffolk, 20 July 1708, EL/B2/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_64/letter-from-orlando-bridgeman-to-william-winde-dated-at-ipswich-suffolk, accessed on 05 December 2025
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III. Part of a letter from Orlando Bridgman Esq; F. R. S. To Capt. Wine, giving an account of a storm of thunder and lightning that happen'd at Ipswich, July 16, 1708 External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Orlando Bridgeman
Date: 1st August 1708
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0021
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