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Paper, 'Of the effects of lightning on the church at Buckland near Dover' by Samuel Foart Simmons

Reference number: L&P/6/78

Date: 25 August 1774

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Contains three plates.

Subject: Meteorology

Read 19 January 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/78
Earliest possible date
25 August 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Foart Simmons

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Samuel Foart Simmons, Paper, 'Of the effects of lightning on the church at Buckland near Dover' by Samuel Foart Simmons, 25 August 1774, L&P/6/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_78/paper-of-the-effects-of-lightning-on-the-church-at-buckland-near-dover-by-samuel-foart-simmons, accessed on 11 September 2024

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