| RefNo | CLP/4i/57 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Letter, 'An account of lightning in the parish of Sampford Courtenay in Devon [England]' from unknown author to John Chamberlayne | 
| Date | 1711 | 
| Description | The author shares details of a storm which occurred on 7 October 1711 around 3 or 4pm.
  Subject: Meteorology
  Read to the Royal Society on 15 November 1711
  Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Sampford-Courtney in Devonshire, on October the 7th 1711' | 
| Language | English | 
| Extent | 2p | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper | 
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0066 | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA6747 | Chamberlayne; John (c 1666 - 1723); translator and literary editor | c 1666 - 1723 |