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'A true and exact relation of the Dismal and Surprizing Effects of a terrible and unusual clap of thunder with lightning that fell on the Trumball Gally' communicated by Robert Mawgridge, Kettle drummer unto his Majesty and the Surgeon of the said ship, to William Griffith

Reference number: RBO/7/118

Date: 1697

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Account of the effects of thunder and lightning on the Galley ship which was anchored at Smirna [Smyrna] on 26 November 1696
Read to the Royal Society on 8 December 1697

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RBO/7/118
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1697
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'A true and exact relation of the Dismal and Surprizing Effects of a terrible and unusual clap of thunder with lightning that fell on the Trumball Gally' communicated by Robert Mawgridge, Kettle drummer unto his Majesty and the Surgeon of the said ship, to William Griffith, 1697, RBO/7/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_118/a-true-and-exact-relation-of-the-dismal-and-surprizing-effects-of-a-terrible-and-unusual-clap-of-thunder-with-lightning-that-fell-on-the-trumball-gally-communicated-by-robert-mawgridge-kettle-drummer-unto-his-majesty-and-the-surgeon-of-the-said-ship-to-william-griffith, accessed on 06 June 2026

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