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Letter, 'Of the effects of lightning at Darlington' from William Wood to Francis Blake

Reference number: L&P/2/420

Date: 1753

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 1 March 1753

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L&P/2/420
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1753
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the effects of lightning at Darlington' from William Wood to Francis Blake, 1753, L&P/2/420, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_420/letter-of-the-effects-of-lightning-at-darlington-from-william-wood-to-francis-blake, accessed on 05 December 2024

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