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Paper, 'Account of a hurricane at Roehampton, October 1780' by Edward Edwards

Reference number: L&P/7/211

Date: 01 March 1781

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Contains four plates.

Subject: Meteorology

Read 31 May 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/211
Earliest possible date
01 March 1781
Physical description
Ink on paper and four plates
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of a hurricane at Roehampton, October 1780' by Edward Edwards, 01 March 1781, L&P/7/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_211/paper-account-of-a-hurricane-at-roehampton-october-1780-by-edward-edwards, accessed on 18 July 2025

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