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Letter, 'Effects of a thunderstorm at Rickmansworth, Herts, 16 July 1759' from Anne Whitfield to John van Rixtel

Reference number: L&P/3/397

Date: 11 October 1759

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, on the 16th of July, 1759 : in a letter from Mrs. Anne Whitfeld. communicated by Mr. John Van Rixtel, F. R. S'

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L&P/3/397
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11 October 1759
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Effects of a thunderstorm at Rickmansworth, Herts, 16 July 1759' from Anne Whitfield to John van Rixtel, 11 October 1759, L&P/3/397, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_397/letter-effects-of-a-thunderstorm-at-rickmansworth-herts-16-july-1759-from-anne-whitfield-to-john-van-rixtel, accessed on 16 January 2025

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