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Letter, 'Of protection from lightning' from William Watson to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/4/226

Date: 26 June 1764

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations upon the effects of lightning, with an account of the apparatus proposed to prevent its mischiefs to buildings, more particularly to powder magazines; being answers to certain questions proposed by M. Calandrini, of Geneva, to William Watson, M.D. F. R. S'

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L&P/4/226
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26 June 1764
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Ink on paper
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46 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'Of protection from lightning' from William Watson to George Parker, 26 June 1764, L&P/4/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_226/letter-of-protection-from-lightning-from-william-watson-to-george-parker, accessed on 11 February 2026

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