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Paper, 'Report on the most effective way of preserving the powder magazine at Purfleet from damage by lightning' by the Royal Society Committee

Reference number: L&P/7/28

Date: 12 March 1778

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L&P/7/28
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12 March 1778
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Report on the most effective way of preserving the powder magazine at Purfleet from damage by lightning' by the Royal Society Committee, 12 March 1778, L&P/7/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_28/paper-report-on-the-most-effective-way-of-preserving-the-powder-magazine-at-purfleet-from-damage-by-lightning-by-the-royal-society-committee, accessed on 19 January 2026

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