Letter, 'On the lack of rain in 1788' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks
Reference number: L&P/9/112
Date: 08 January 1789
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Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the dryness of the Year 1788. In a letter from the Rev. Mr. B. Hutchinson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'
Read 15 January 1789
- Reference number
- L&P/9/112
- Earliest possible date
- 08 January 1789
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Benjamin Hutchinson, Letter, 'On the lack of rain in 1788' from Benjamin Hutchinson to Joseph Banks, 08 January 1789, L&P/9/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_112/letter-on-the-lack-of-rain-in-1788-from-benjamin-hutchinson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 13 June 2025
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IV. Observations on the dryness of the Year 1788. In a letter from the Rev. Mr. B. Hutchinson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1789
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1789.0005
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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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