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
- Earliest possible date
- 21 June 1809
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 18 June 2025
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1809
November 1808 - June 1809 Reference number: PT/3
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