'An account of an uncommon Accident by Fire by the Marquis Massei Casena'
Reference number: RBO/16/37
Date: 1732
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Original dated 5 May 1731 at Bologna
Case of the lady of Cesena who was found burnt to ashes in her chamber - an hypothesis about lightning given
Philip Zollman's translation follows the transcription of the letter
Read to the Royal Society on 13 January 1731
- Reference number
- RBO/16/37
- Earliest possible date
- 1732
- Page extent
- 24 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An account of an uncommon Accident by Fire by the Marquis Massei Casena', 1732, RBO/16/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_37/an-account-of-an-uncommon-accident-by-fire-by-the-marquis-massei-casena, accessed on 22 April 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 16, copies of papers communicated 1731-1732
1731-1732 Reference number: RBO/16
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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