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Letter, 'Observations on the severe frosts of January 1789, January 1795 and December 1799' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/11/90

Date: 21 January 1799

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Subject: Meteorology

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L&P/11/90
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21 January 1799
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Benjamin Hutchinson

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Benjamin Hutchinson, Letter, 'Observations on the severe frosts of January 1789, January 1795 and December 1799' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks, 21 January 1799, L&P/11/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_90/letter-observations-on-the-severe-frosts-of-january-1789-january-1795-and-december-1799-from-benjamin-hutchinson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 08 July 2025

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