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Account of the Cataract of Falls of Niagara Falls by Paul Dudley

Reference number: EL/D1/74

Date: 10 October 1721

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Observations of the Falls at Albany from Monsieur Borassaw, a French native of Canada
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 371, p 69
Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1722

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EL/D1/74
Earliest possible date
10 October 1721
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paul Dudley

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Paul Dudley, Account of the Cataract of Falls of Niagara Falls by Paul Dudley, 10 October 1721, EL/D1/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_74/account-of-the-cataract-of-falls-of-niagara-falls-by-paul-dudley, accessed on 11 November 2025

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