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Account of the effects of thunder, lightning and hail on several people who were killed in Northamptonshire on 27 July 1691
Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1697

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EL/W2/63
Earliest possible date
11 January 1698
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, 11 January 1698, EL/W2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_63/letter-from-john-wallis-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 24 June 2025

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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