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Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Caen in the years 1765-69' by Nathaniel Piggott

Reference number: L&P/5/237

Date: 20 July 1770

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Meteorological observations at Caën in Normandy; for 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769'

Read 9 May 1771

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L&P/5/237
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20 July 1770
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13 pages
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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Caen in the years 1765-69' by Nathaniel Piggott, 20 July 1770, L&P/5/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_237/paper-meteorological-observations-at-caen-in-the-years-1765-69-by-nathaniel-piggott, accessed on 15 December 2025

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