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Letter, 'The rainfall at Charlestown S.C. for 15 years last past' from John Lining to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/374

Date: 09 April 1753

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Contains table.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from John Lining, M. D. of Charles-Town, South-Carolina, to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the quantity of rain fallen there from January 1738, to December 1752'

Read 8 July 1753

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L&P/2/374
Earliest possible date
09 April 1753
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'The rainfall at Charlestown S.C. for 15 years last past' from John Lining to Thomas Birch, 09 April 1753, L&P/2/374, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_374/letter-the-rainfall-at-charlestown-sc-for-15-years-last-past-from-john-lining-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 13 November 2025

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