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Letter, from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson, dated at Newport

Reference number: EL/C3/43

Date: 01 January 1733

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Concerning a ball of sulphur supposed to be generated from thunder and lightning
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EL/C3/43
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01 January 1733
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Benjamin Cooke

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Benjamin Cooke, Letter, from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson, dated at Newport, 01 January 1733, EL/C3/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c3_43/letter-from-benjamin-cooke-to-peter-collinson-dated-at-newport, accessed on 15 January 2025

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