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Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to John Chamberlayne, dated at London

Reference number: EL/T/61

Date: 22 August 1712

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Thoresby had received an account of a thunder and lightning storm at Dublin which heated the sea water and killed the fish
Read to the Royal Society on 30 October 1712

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EL/T/61
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22 August 1712
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Ralph Thoresby

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Ralph Thoresby, Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to John Chamberlayne, dated at London, 22 August 1712, EL/T/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_61/letter-from-ralph-thoresby-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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