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Letter, 'Of three fiery meteors in New England' from Thomas Clap to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/4/222

Date: 01 March 1763

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of several fiery meteors seen in North America: In a letter to John Pringle, M.D. and F. R. S. from John Winthrop, Esq; Hollsisian Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambridge, in New England'

Read 7 June 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/222
Earliest possible date
01 March 1763
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of three fiery meteors in New England' from Thomas Clap to John Pringle, 01 March 1763, L&P/4/222, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_222/letter-of-three-fiery-meteors-in-new-england-from-thomas-clap-to-john-pringle, accessed on 11 February 2025

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