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Paper, 'Account of a waterspout' by William Ricketts

Reference number: L&P/12/54

Date: 1803

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Subject: Meteorology

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L&P/12/54
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1803
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of a waterspout' by William Ricketts, 1803, L&P/12/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_54/paper-account-of-a-waterspout-by-william-ricketts, accessed on 15 March 2025

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