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Paper, 'Of the effects of lightning on board the Atlas, East Indiaman' by Allen Cooper

Reference number: L&P/7/79

Date: 04 January 1779

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Subject: Meterorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the effects of lighting on board the Atlas. By Allen Cooper, Esq. Master of the Atlas East India-man. In a letter to Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S'

Read 14 January 1779

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L&P/7/79
Earliest possible date
04 January 1779
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the effects of lightning on board the Atlas, East Indiaman' by Allen Cooper, 04 January 1779, L&P/7/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_79/paper-of-the-effects-of-lightning-on-board-the-atlas-east-indiaman-by-allen-cooper, accessed on 10 March 2026

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