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Letter, 'Of the protection of buildings from lightning' from Paolo Frisi to Charles Morton

Reference number: L&P/4/365

Date: 17 October 1766

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4 pages in French and 4 pages in English.

Subject: Engineering

Read 5 February 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/365
Earliest possible date
17 October 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paolo Frisi

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Paolo Frisi, Letter, 'Of the protection of buildings from lightning' from Paolo Frisi to Charles Morton, 17 October 1766, L&P/4/365, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_365/letter-of-the-protection-of-buildings-from-lightning-from-paolo-frisi-to-charles-morton, accessed on 14 May 2025

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