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Paper, 'A meteorological journal, principally relating to atmospheric electricity, 1789-90' by John Read

Reference number: L&P/9/195

Date: 1791

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Contains figure [attached to first page].

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A meteorological journal, principally relating to atmospheric electricity; kept at Knightsbridge, from the 9th of May, 1789, to the 8th May, 1790.'

Read 14 April 1791

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L&P/9/195
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1791
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Ink on paper
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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John Read

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John Read, Paper, 'A meteorological journal, principally relating to atmospheric electricity, 1789-90' by John Read, 1791, L&P/9/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_195/paper-a-meteorological-journal-principally-relating-to-atmospheric-electricity-1789-90-by-john-read, accessed on 21 April 2026

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