Letter, 'Of an extraordinary shower of black dust which fell in the island of Zetland, 20 Oct 1755' from Andrew Mitchell to
Reference number: L&P/3/255
Date: 09 June 1757
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Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary shower of black dust, that fell in the island of Zetland 20th October 1755. In a letter from Sir Andrew Mitchell, of Westshore, Bart. to John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S'
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- L&P/3/255
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- 09 June 1757
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Andrew Mitchell, Letter, 'Of an extraordinary shower of black dust which fell in the island of Zetland, 20 Oct 1755' from Andrew Mitchell to, 09 June 1757, L&P/3/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_255/letter-of-an-extraordinary-shower-of-black-dust-which-fell-in-the-island-of-zetland-20-oct-1755-from-andrew-mitchell-to, accessed on 03 October 2024
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