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Letter, 'Of a noise in the air heard in Norwich' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/145

Date: 14 June 1750

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Subject: Curiosities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Mr Henry Baker F. R. S. the President, containing an extract of a Letter from Mr. W. Arderon F. R. S. concerning an explosion in the air, heard at Norwich, June 7. 1750'

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L&P/2/145
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14 June 1750
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Letter, 'Of a noise in the air heard in Norwich' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes, 14 June 1750, L&P/2/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_145/letter-of-a-noise-in-the-air-heard-in-norwich-from-henry-baker-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 09 September 2024

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