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Paper, 'Conjectures upon the nature and motion of meteors' by Thomas Clap

Reference number: L&P/4/225

Date: 1764

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Contains figure.

Subject: Astronomy

Read 21 June 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/225
Earliest possible date
1764
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Ink on paper
Page extent
18 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Conjectures upon the nature and motion of meteors' by Thomas Clap, 1764, L&P/4/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_225/paper-conjectures-upon-the-nature-and-motion-of-meteors-by-thomas-clap, accessed on 08 March 2026

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