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Paper, 'Of a thunderstorm' from Southcot to Peploe

Reference number: L&P/2/559

Date: 26 December 1754

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 16 January 1755

Reference number
L&P/2/559
Earliest possible date
26 December 1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a thunderstorm' from Southcot to Peploe, 26 December 1754, L&P/2/559, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_559/paper-of-a-thunderstorm-from-southcot-to-peploe, accessed on 13 July 2026

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