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Letter, from Walter Pope to John Wilkins, dated at Padova [Padua]

Reference number: EL/P1/44

Date: 01 August 1664

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Observations of a storm with very large hailstones when travelling between Venice and Padova
Read to the Royal Society on 24 August 1664

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EL/P1/44
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01 August 1664
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Walter Pope

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Walter Pope, Walter Pope, Letter, from Walter Pope to John Wilkins, dated at Padova [Padua], 01 August 1664, EL/P1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_44/letter-from-walter-pope-to-john-wilkins-dated-at-padova-padua, accessed on 07 December 2025

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