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Paper, 'Extraordinary appearance in a mist' by William Cockin

Reference number: L&P/7/142

Date: 02 September 1777

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Contains one plate.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an extraordinary appearance in a mist.'

Read 20 February 1780

Reference number
L&P/7/142
Earliest possible date
02 September 1777
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Extraordinary appearance in a mist' by William Cockin, 02 September 1777, L&P/7/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_142/paper-extraordinary-appearance-in-a-mist-by-william-cockin, accessed on 15 September 2024

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