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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from W. Watson, M. D. F. R. S. to John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. at Plymouth, giving some account of the late cold weather. Dated London, 14 February, 1767'

Read 19 November 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/410
Earliest possible date
1767
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Watson

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John Huxham

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William Watson, John Huxham, Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Plymouth and of intense cold there during the winter' from William Watson and John Huxham, 1767, L&P/4/410, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_410/letter-meteorological-observations-at-plymouth-and-of-intense-cold-there-during-the-winter-from-william-watson-and-john-huxham, accessed on 10 December 2024

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