Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Abraham Hill, dated at Leeds
Reference number: EL/T/59
Date: 29 June 1700
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Concerning the weight of Saxon coins and gold coins; an account of the effects of a thunder and lightning storm in Leeds which caused fatalities
Read to the Royal Society on 17 July 1700
- Reference number
- EL/T/59
- Earliest possible date
- 29 June 1700
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Ralph Thoresby
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Ralph Thoresby, Ralph Thoresby, Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Abraham Hill, dated at Leeds, 29 June 1700, EL/T/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_59/letter-from-ralph-thoresby-to-abraham-hill-dated-at-leeds, accessed on 13 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Abraham Hill
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Ralph Thoresby
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