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Letter, 'Of electricity, vapours, clouds' from Henry Eeles to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/571

Date: 25 September 1754

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Letters of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phænomena of the weather and barometer. To the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S'

Read 23 January 1755

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L&P/2/571
Earliest possible date
25 September 1754
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of electricity, vapours, clouds' from Henry Eeles to the Royal Society, 25 September 1754, L&P/2/571, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_571/letter-of-electricity-vapours-clouds-from-henry-eeles-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 May 2025

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