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Letter, 'Of the cold winter' from Henry Ellis to John Ellis

Reference number: L&P/3/385

Date: 14 February 1759

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 13 May 1759

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L&P/3/385
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14 February 1759
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Ellis

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Henry Ellis, Letter, 'Of the cold winter' from Henry Ellis to John Ellis, 14 February 1759, L&P/3/385, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_385/letter-of-the-cold-winter-from-henry-ellis-to-john-ellis, accessed on 21 January 2025

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