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'Abstract of a Dissertation on the Causes of Winds' in a letter to Hans Sloane

Reference number: RBO/14/23

Date: 1728

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Experiments to show what causes winds with a number of questions - why are there winds at the equinoxes than at any other season
Details of apparatus used with figure in text
Read to the Royal Society on 20 March 1728

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RBO/14/23
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1728
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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'Abstract of a Dissertation on the Causes of Winds' in a letter to Hans Sloane, 1728, RBO/14/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_23/abstract-of-a-dissertation-on-the-causes-of-winds-in-a-letter-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 19 June 2025

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