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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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Reference number
L&P/3/255
Earliest possible date
09 June 1757
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Andrew Mitchell

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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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