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Paper, 'Effects of lightning on the Danish church in Well-close Square' by Gustavus Brander

Reference number: L&P/3/69

Date: 18 December 1755

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the effects of lightning in the Danish Church, in Wellclose-Square'

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L&P/3/69
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18 December 1755
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Gustavus Brander

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Gustavus Brander, Paper, 'Effects of lightning on the Danish church in Well-close Square' by Gustavus Brander, 18 December 1755, L&P/3/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_69/paper-effects-of-lightning-on-the-danish-church-in-well-close-square-by-gustavus-brander, accessed on 13 July 2025

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