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Letter, 'Sheaves of rays from the Sun among clouds' from Samuel Dunn to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/187

Date: 13 January 1764

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 2 February 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/187
Earliest possible date
13 January 1764
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Sheaves of rays from the Sun among clouds' from Samuel Dunn to Thomas Birch, 13 January 1764, L&P/4/187, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_187/letter-sheaves-of-rays-from-the-sun-among-clouds-from-samuel-dunn-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 09 May 2026

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