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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the quantity of rain fallen at Mount's-Bay in Cornwall, and of the weather in that place: In a letter from the Rev. William Borlase, M.A. and F. R. S. to the Right Rev. Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S'

Read 16 February 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/188
Earliest possible date
31 December 1763
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Borlase

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William Borlase, Letter, 'Of rainfall' from William Borlase to James Douglas, 31 December 1763, L&P/4/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_188/letter-of-rainfall-from-william-borlase-to-james-douglas, accessed on 08 February 2025

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