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Paper, 'Meteorological journal principally relating to atmospheric electricity kept at Knightbridge' by John Read

Reference number: L&P/10/10

Date: 1792

Description

Contains two plates.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A meteorological journal, principally relating to atmospherical electricity; kept at Knightsbridge, from the 9th of May, 1790, to the 8th of May, 1791'

Read 26 April 1792

Reference number
L&P/10/10
Earliest possible date
1792
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
35 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Meteorological journal principally relating to atmospheric electricity kept at Knightbridge' by John Read, 1792, L&P/10/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_10/paper-meteorological-journal-principally-relating-to-atmospheric-electricity-kept-at-knightbridge-by-john-read, accessed on 09 December 2024

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