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Paper, 'Effects of lightning at Plymouth' from John Huxham to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/553

Date: 1754

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Contains figure.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to W. Watson, F. R. S. in relation to the effects of lightning at Plymouth'

Read 9 January 1755

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L&P/2/553
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1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Paper, 'Effects of lightning at Plymouth' from John Huxham to William Watson, 1754, L&P/2/553, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_553/paper-effects-of-lightning-at-plymouth-from-john-huxham-to-william-watson, accessed on 16 August 2026

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