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Letter, 'Account of a fireball' from William Hirst to Samuel Mead

Reference number: L&P/2/509

Date: 06 April 1754

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a fire-ball, seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst, F. R. S. com­municated in a letter to Samuel Mead, Esq; F. R. S'

Read 30 May 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/509
Earliest possible date
06 April 1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hirst

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William Hirst, Letter, 'Account of a fireball' from William Hirst to Samuel Mead, 06 April 1754, L&P/2/509, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_509/letter-account-of-a-fireball-from-william-hirst-to-samuel-mead, accessed on 10 February 2025

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