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Letter, 'Of a remarkable cold at Glasgow' from Alexander Wilson to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/5/251

Date: 29 May 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the remarkable cold observed at Glasgow, in the month of January, 1768; in a letter from Mr. Alexander Wilson, Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskeline, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'

Read 7 November 1771

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L&P/5/251
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29 May 1771
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Letter, 'Of a remarkable cold at Glasgow' from Alexander Wilson to Nevil Maskelyne, 29 May 1771, L&P/5/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_251/letter-of-a-remarkable-cold-at-glasgow-from-alexander-wilson-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 21 March 2025

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