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Paper, 'Lyme Regis church damaged by lightning' by Robert Hamilton

Reference number: L&P/6/110

Date: 1775

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Contains three plates.

Subject: Physics

Read 16 March 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/110
Earliest possible date
1775
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
55 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Lyme Regis church damaged by lightning' by Robert Hamilton, 1775, L&P/6/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_110/paper-lyme-regis-church-damaged-by-lightning-by-robert-hamilton, accessed on 14 May 2026

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