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'A Relation Of the Death of Mr Brooks A Justice of Peace of Hampshire; as it was written in a Letter by Mr Neal, the then High Sheriffe of that County'

Reference number: RBO/3/36

Date: 1666

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Details of a man who was struck by lightning while riding his horse from Winchester to Andover
Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1666
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 14, p 247

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RBO/3/36
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1666
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1 page
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Thomas Neale

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Thomas Neale, 'A Relation Of the Death of Mr Brooks A Justice of Peace of Hampshire; as it was written in a Letter by Mr Neal, the then High Sheriffe of that County', 1666, RBO/3/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_36/a-relation-of-the-death-of-mr-brooks-a-justice-of-peace-of-hampshire-as-it-was-written-in-a-letter-by-mr-neal-the-then-high-sheriffe-of-that-county, accessed on 07 December 2024

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