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Paper, 'Further experiments on lightning' by Benjamin Wilson

Reference number: L&P/6/48

Date: 23 February 1774

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Subject: Meteorology

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L&P/6/48
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23 February 1774
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16 pages
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Benjamin Wilson

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Benjamin Wilson, Paper, 'Further experiments on lightning' by Benjamin Wilson, 23 February 1774, L&P/6/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_48/paper-further-experiments-on-lightning-by-benjamin-wilson, accessed on 07 December 2024

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