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Paper, 'An attempt to explain why it is so much warmer in Europe than in America in the same degrees of north latitude' by George Edwards

Reference number: L&P/5/280

Date: 27 December 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 20 February 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/280
Earliest possible date
27 December 1771
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Edwards

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George Edwards, Paper, 'An attempt to explain why it is so much warmer in Europe than in America in the same degrees of north latitude' by George Edwards, 27 December 1771, L&P/5/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_280/paper-an-attempt-to-explain-why-it-is-so-much-warmer-in-europe-than-in-america-in-the-same-degrees-of-north-latitude-by-george-edwards, accessed on 24 June 2025

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