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Letter, from Edward Smyth [to the Royal Society], dated at Trinity College, Dublin

Reference number: EL/S1/135

Date: 13 April 1687

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Encloses the minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society from 24 May 1686 to 11 April 1687
Expressing wish to continue corresponding with the Society

Read to the Royal Society on 13 July 1687

Minutes give details about the weather in Dublin, concerning a woman who was revived with 'sal armoniack' after she was believed to be drowned, the effects of thunder and lightning on a woman, concerning Molyneux's new dial

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EL/S1/135
Earliest possible date
13 April 1687
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Edward Smyth

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Edward Smyth, Letter, from Edward Smyth [to the Royal Society], dated at Trinity College, Dublin, 13 April 1687, EL/S1/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_135/letter-from-edward-smyth-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-trinity-college-dublin, accessed on 25 March 2025

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