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Plate, diagram of the phenomenon from Canterbury after a drawing by Mrs Tennison, copied by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/1/56

Date: 10 December 1741

Description

Note and drawing.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A representation of the parhelia seen in Kent, Dec. 19. 1741. Communicated in a letter from the Revd Mr. H. Miles, to John Eames, F. R. S. and an account of the same, as seen by Mrs. Tennison at Canter­bury'.

Read 25 February 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/56
Earliest possible date
10 December 1741
Physical description
Drawing on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Plate, diagram of the phenomenon from Canterbury after a drawing by Mrs Tennison, copied by William Stukeley, 10 December 1741, L&P/1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_56/plate-diagram-of-the-phenomenon-from-canterbury-after-a-drawing-by-mrs-tennison-copied-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 21 April 2026

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