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Letter, 'On falling dew and further observations on falling crystals' from Leonard Stocke to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/91

Date: 26 April 1742

Description

Contains four small figures of snowflakes. Two papers.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Enarratio observationum circa rorem deciduum, factarum Medioburgi in Zeelandis, a Leonard Stocke, M. D. Super aperta Planitie plumbea Turris Astronomicæ Joh. Munkii, Architecti publici; tempore nocturno, inter 25 & 26 Julii 1741. N. S. Cum figuris Floccorum Nivalium Jan. 1742. Ibidem observatorum'.

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Reference number
L&P/1/91
Earliest possible date
26 April 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On falling dew and further observations on falling crystals' from Leonard Stocke to Martin Folkes, 26 April 1742, L&P/1/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_91/letter-on-falling-dew-and-further-observations-on-falling-crystals-from-leonard-stocke-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 24 April 2025

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