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Paper, 'Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly' by James Rennell

Reference number: L&P/10/54

Date: 1793

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Meteorology/Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly; endangering the safety of ships that approach the British Channel'

Read 6 June 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/54
Earliest possible date
1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Rennell

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James Rennell, Paper, 'Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly' by James Rennell, 1793, L&P/10/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_54/paper-observations-on-a-current-that-often-prevails-to-the-westward-of-scilly-by-james-rennell, accessed on 11 November 2025

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