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Letter, 'Of an uncommon phenomenon; a correction' from John Stevens to Emanuel Mendes da Costa

Reference number: L&P/4/63

Date: 04 April 1761

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an uncommon phæno-­menon in Dorsetshire: In a letter from John Stephens, M. A. To Emanuel Mendes Da Costa, F. R. S'

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L&P/4/63
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04 April 1761
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5 pages
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John Stevens

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John Stevens, Letter, 'Of an uncommon phenomenon; a correction' from John Stevens to Emanuel Mendes da Costa, 04 April 1761, L&P/4/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_63/letter-of-an-uncommon-phenomenon-a-correction-from-john-stevens-to-emanuel-mendes-da-costa, accessed on 16 March 2025

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