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Paper, 'The weather at Prince of Wales Fort, Hudson Bay 1768-9' by J Dymond and William Wales

Reference number: L&P/5/162

Date: 1769

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the state of the air, winds, weather, &c. made at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the North-West Coast of Hudson's Bay, in the Years 1768 and 1769', by Joseph Dymond and William Wales
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L&P/5/162
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1769
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Ink on paper
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92 pages
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Manuscript

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William Wales

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William Wales, Paper, 'The weather at Prince of Wales Fort, Hudson Bay 1768-9' by J Dymond and William Wales, 1769, L&P/5/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_162/paper-the-weather-at-prince-of-wales-fort-hudson-bay-1768-9-by-j-dymond-and-william-wales, accessed on 20 June 2025

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