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Paper, 'Of the falling of rain (at different heights)' by Marshall

Reference number: L&P/5/243

Date: 29 November 1770

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 6 June 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/243
Earliest possible date
29 November 1770
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the falling of rain (at different heights)' by Marshall, 29 November 1770, L&P/5/243, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_243/paper-of-the-falling-of-rain-at-different-heights-by-marshall, accessed on 22 January 2025

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