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Letter, 'Meteorological journal kept at Minehead in 1782' from John Atkins to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/8/49

Date: 27 March 1783

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A meteorological journal for the year 1782, kept at Minehead, in Somersetshire'

Read 15 January 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/49
Earliest possible date
27 March 1783
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Meteorological journal kept at Minehead in 1782' from John Atkins to unknown recipient, 27 March 1783, L&P/8/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_49/letter-meteorological-journal-kept-at-minehead-in-1782-from-john-atkins-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 20 March 2025

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