Effects of a thunderstorm in Carmarthenshire communicated to the Royal Society by John Eames
Reference number: RBO/15/42
Date: 1730
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Observations of a woman and three of her children who were struck by lightning, and observations of the damage caused to the house
Read to the Royal Society on 14 January 1730
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- RBO/15/42
- Earliest possible date
- 1730
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Effects of a thunderstorm in Carmarthenshire communicated to the Royal Society by John Eames, 1730, RBO/15/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_42/effects-of-a-thunderstorm-in-carmarthenshire-communicated-to-the-royal-society-by-john-eames, accessed on 12 December 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 15, copies of papers communicated 1730-1731
1730-1731 Reference number: RBO/15
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