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Letter, 'Agitation of water at Queensferry, Nov 1, and of chandeliers in Hamburgh churches (the latter by Reymarus)' from Mark McCallum

Reference number: L&P/3/137

Date: 18 March 1756

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the agitation of the waters, on the 1st of November 1756, in Scotland and at Hamburgh. Communicated by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. in a letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S'

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L&P/3/137
Earliest possible date
18 March 1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Agitation of water at Queensferry, Nov 1, and of chandeliers in Hamburgh churches (the latter by Reymarus)' from Mark McCallum, 18 March 1756, L&P/3/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_137/letter-agitation-of-water-at-queensferry-nov-1-and-of-chandeliers-in-hamburgh-churches-the-latter-by-reymarus-from-mark-mccallum, accessed on 13 February 2025

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