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Letter, 'Of Essex steeples struck by lightning' from Abraham Trembley to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/42

Date: 11 February 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Trembley F. R. S. to the President, concerning the same'

Read 15 February 1750

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L&P/2/42
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11 February 1750
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Letter, 'Of Essex steeples struck by lightning' from Abraham Trembley to Martin Folkes, 11 February 1750, L&P/2/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_42/letter-of-essex-steeples-struck-by-lightning-from-abraham-trembley-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 26 January 2025

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