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Paper, 'Of irregular tides in the Thames in 12 and 13 February 1756' by William Mitchell

Reference number: L&P/3/126

Date: 02 March 1756

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Accounts of the irregularities of the tides in the River Thames, on the 12th and 13th of February, 1756. Communicated by Robert Dingley, Esq; F. R. S'

Read 4 March 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/126
Earliest possible date
02 March 1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of irregular tides in the Thames in 12 and 13 February 1756' by William Mitchell, 02 March 1756, L&P/3/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_126/paper-of-irregular-tides-in-the-thames-in-12-and-13-february-1756-by-william-mitchell, accessed on 18 June 2025

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