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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Portsmouth' from Captain Wallis to George Witchell

Reference number: L&P/5/274

Date: 09 August 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 13 February 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/274
Earliest possible date
09 August 1771
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Portsmouth' from Captain Wallis to George Witchell, 09 August 1771, L&P/5/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_274/letter-meteorological-observations-at-portsmouth-from-captain-wallis-to-george-witchell, accessed on 11 December 2024

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