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Letter, 'Of the effects of a thunderstorm on St Kevern's church' from Anthony Williams to William Borlase

Reference number: L&P/5/215

Date: 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a remarkable thunder storm: In a letter from the Rev. Anthony Williams, Rector of St. Keverne, in Cornwal, to the Rev. William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S'

Read 7 February 1771

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L&P/5/215
Earliest possible date
1771
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the effects of a thunderstorm on St Kevern's church' from Anthony Williams to William Borlase, 1771, L&P/5/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_215/letter-of-the-effects-of-a-thunderstorm-on-st-keverns-church-from-anthony-williams-to-william-borlase, accessed on 15 March 2025

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