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Letter, 'Of a death from lightning' from J Hinchcliffe to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/83

Date: 17 August 1768

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 16 March 1769

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L&P/5/83
Earliest possible date
17 August 1768
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a death from lightning' from J Hinchcliffe to William Watson, 17 August 1768, L&P/5/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_83/letter-of-a-death-from-lightning-from-j-hinchcliffe-to-william-watson, accessed on 15 January 2026

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