Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Martin Lister
Reference number: EL/T/55
Date: 22 December 1698
Description
Account of a young man killed in a thunder and lightning storm
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1698
- Reference number
- EL/T/55
- Earliest possible date
- 22 December 1698
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator names
Ralph Thoresby
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Ralph Thoresby, Ralph Thoresby, Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Martin Lister, 22 December 1698, EL/T/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_55/letter-from-ralph-thoresby-to-martin-lister, accessed on 05 March 2026
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Ralph Thoresby
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