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Paper, 'Report on preserving St Paul's Cathedral from the effects of lightning' by the Royal Society Committee

Reference number: L&P/5/106

Date: 07 June 1769

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Signed by Benjamin Franklin, William Watson, Benjamin Wilson, John Canton and Edward Hussey Delaval.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Proposal of a method for securing the Cathedral of St. Paul's from damage by lightning; in consequence of a letter from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to James West, Esquire, Pr. R. S'

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L&P/5/106
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07 June 1769
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Benjamin Franklin

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William Watson

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Benjamin Wilson

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John Canton

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Edward Hussey Delaval

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Benjamin Franklin, William Watson, Benjamin Wilson, John Canton, Edward Hussey Delaval, Paper, 'Report on preserving St Paul's Cathedral from the effects of lightning' by the Royal Society Committee, 07 June 1769, L&P/5/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_106/paper-report-on-preserving-st-pauls-cathedral-from-the-effects-of-lightning-by-the-royal-society-committee, accessed on 14 September 2026

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