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Letter, 'Tides of last week at Woolwich Yard' from Walter Taylor to

Reference number: L&P/3/121

Date: 23 February 1756

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Accounts of the irregularities of the tides at Chatham, Sheerness, Woolwich and Deptford, in Feb. 1756. Communicated by the Rt. Hon. George Lord Anson, F. R. S'

Read 26 February 1756

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L&P/3/121
Earliest possible date
23 February 1756
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Tides of last week at Woolwich Yard' from Walter Taylor to, 23 February 1756, L&P/3/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_121/letter-tides-of-last-week-at-woolwich-yard-from-walter-taylor-to, accessed on 21 January 2025

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