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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning, in a letter to Dr. Gowin Knight : by Mr. William Mountaine, F. R. S'

Read 22 November 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/400
Earliest possible date
1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Gowin Knight

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Gowin Knight, Paper, 'Remarks on the preceding letter [L&P/3/399]' by Gowin Knight, 1759, L&P/3/400, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_400/paper-remarks-on-the-preceding-letter-lp3399-by-gowin-knight, accessed on 22 April 2025

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