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Paper, 'Note of the rain that fell in Leyden 1751' by Willem van Heyzon

Reference number: L&P/2/265

Date: 1752

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Willem Van Hazen to Mr. Philip Miller, F. R. S. concerning the quantity of rain, which fell at Leyden in the Year 1751'

Read 20 February 1752

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L&P/2/265
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1752
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Note of the rain that fell in Leyden 1751' by Willem van Heyzon, 1752, L&P/2/265, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_265/paper-note-of-the-rain-that-fell-in-leyden-1751-by-willem-van-heyzon, accessed on 14 July 2025

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