Letter, 'Of the case of a man who died after swallowing molten lead at the Eddystone fire' from Edward Spry to George Parker
Reference number: L&P/3/101
Date: 30 January 1756
Description
Second letter on the subject.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddy-stone Light-house'
Read 5 February 1756
- Reference number
- L&P/3/101
- Earliest possible date
- 30 January 1756
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of the case of a man who died after swallowing molten lead at the Eddystone fire' from Edward Spry to George Parker, 30 January 1756, L&P/3/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_101/letter-of-the-case-of-a-man-who-died-after-swallowing-molten-lead-at-the-eddystone-fire-from-edward-spry-to-george-parker, accessed on 19 January 2025
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LIV. An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddy-stone Light-house External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1755
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0066
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Letter, 'Of the case of a man who died after swallowing molten lead at the Eddystone fire' from John Huxham to William Watson
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3
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