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Paper, 'An account by P Rolli FRS of an Italian treatise on the death of the countess Cornelia Zangri & Bandi of Cesena, to which is subjoined an acct. of the death of John Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning 26 June 1613' by Guiseppe Bianchini

Reference number: L&P/1/404

Date: 1745

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An extract, by Mr. Paul Rolli, F. R. S. of an Italian treatise, written by the Reverend Joseph Bianchini, a prebend in the city of Verona; upon the death of the countess Cornelia Zangári & Bandi, of Ceséna. To which are subjoined accounts of the death of Jo. Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning; and of Grace Pett at Ipswich, whose body was consumed to a Coal'

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L&P/1/404
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1745
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23 pages
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Manuscript

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Paolo Antonio Rolli

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Paolo Antonio Rolli, Paper, 'An account by P Rolli FRS of an Italian treatise on the death of the countess Cornelia Zangri & Bandi of Cesena, to which is subjoined an acct. of the death of John Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning 26 June 1613' by Guiseppe Bianchini, 1745, L&P/1/404, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_404/paper-an-account-by-p-rolli-frs-of-an-italian-treatise-on-the-death-of-the-countess-cornelia-zangri-bandi-of-cesena-to-which-is-subjoined-an-acct-of-the-death-of-john-hitchell-who-was-burned-to-death-by-lightning-26-june-1613-by-guiseppe-bianchini, accessed on 09 November 2025

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