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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Peter Wargentin, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, and F. R. S. dated February 23, 1768, to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal'

Read 12 May 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/33
Earliest possible date
23 February 1768
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin

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Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Letter, 'Of the winter in Stockholm' from Peter William Wargentin to Nevil Maskelyne, 23 February 1768, L&P/5/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_33/letter-of-the-winter-in-stockholm-from-peter-william-wargentin-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 02 November 2024

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