The history of the Great Frost in the last winter 1708 and 1708/9 by W Derham, Rector of Upminster FRS
Reference number: MS/366/4/7
Date: 1710
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A note on the first page states that the paper was read on 29 March 1710 and published in [Philosophical] Trans[actions] no 324. Derham states that his aim is to give an account of 'the degree and effects of this remarkable frost'.
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- MS/366/4/7
- Earliest possible date
- 1710
- Page extent
- 36 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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The history of the Great Frost in the last winter 1708 and 1708/9 by W Derham, Rector of Upminster FRS, 1710, MS/366/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_4_7/the-history-of-the-great-frost-in-the-last-winter-1708-and-17089-by-w-derham-rector-of-upminster-frs, accessed on 18 April 2026
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