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Paper, 'On the effect of westerly winds in raising the level of the British Channel' by James Rennell in a letter to Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks

Reference number: PT/3/25

Date: 21 June 1809

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the effect of westerly winds in raising the level of the British Channel'.

Written by Rennell in London. Read 22 June 1809.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.

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PT/3/25
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21 June 1809
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Rennell

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James Rennell, Paper, 'On the effect of westerly winds in raising the level of the British Channel' by James Rennell in a letter to Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks, 21 June 1809, PT/3/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_3_25/paper-on-the-effect-of-westerly-winds-in-raising-the-level-of-the-british-channel-by-james-rennell-in-a-letter-to-sir-jos-joseph-banks, accessed on 02 November 2024

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