Letter, 'Account of an oak destroyed by lightning in 1773' from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks
Reference number: L&P/11/11
Date: 30 May 1796
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Subject: Meteorology
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- L&P/11/11
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- 30 May 1796
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- Ink on paper
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nevil Maskelyne, Letter, 'Account of an oak destroyed by lightning in 1773' from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks, 30 May 1796, L&P/11/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_11/letter-account-of-an-oak-destroyed-by-lightning-in-1773-from-nevil-maskelyne-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 19 August 2026
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 11 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1796-1801 Reference number: L&P/11
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Nevil Maskelyne
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Joseph Banks
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