Paper, 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning' by William Withering

Reference number: L&P/9/164

Date: 1790

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Contains two plates.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning'

Read 18 March 1790

Reference number: L&P/9/164
Earliest possible date: 1790
Physical description: Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent: 13 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Withering

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William Withering, Paper, 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning' by William Withering, 1790, L&P/9/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_164/paper-an-account-of-some-extraordinary-effects-of-lightning-by-william-withering, accessed on 18 May 2026

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Date: 31st December 1790

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0019

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9

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