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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightening in Pembroke College, Oxford, on June 3, 1765: In a letter from Mr. Griffith, of the said college, to the Rev. John Swinton, B.D. F. R. S'

Read 19 December 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/289
Earliest possible date
1765
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Effects of a thunderstorm on Pembroke College' by Griffith, 1765, L&P/4/289, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_289/paper-effects-of-a-thunderstorm-on-pembroke-college-by-griffith, accessed on 24 April 2025

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    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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