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Paper, 'Meteorological observations for 1769 at Bridgwater and Ludgvan' by Jeremial Milles and William Borlase

Reference number: L&P/5/170

Date: 1770

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Meteorological observations for 1769, made at Bridgewater in Somersetshire'

Read 5 April 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/170
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1770
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4 pages
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William Borlase

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Jeremiah Milles

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William Borlase, Jeremiah Milles, Paper, 'Meteorological observations for 1769 at Bridgwater and Ludgvan' by Jeremial Milles and William Borlase, 1770, L&P/5/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_170/paper-meteorological-observations-for-1769-at-bridgwater-and-ludgvan-by-jeremial-milles-and-william-borlase, accessed on 13 June 2026

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