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Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Ludvagan, 1770' by William Borlase

Reference number: L&P/5/227

Date: 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Meteorological observations at Ludgvan in Mount's-Bay, Cornwall, 1770 : By William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S. communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S'

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L&P/5/227
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1771
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William Borlase

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William Borlase, Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Ludvagan, 1770' by William Borlase, 1771, L&P/5/227, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_227/paper-meteorological-observations-at-ludvagan-1770-by-william-borlase, accessed on 14 June 2025

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