| RefNo | RBC/2/72 |
| AltRefNo | RBC/2/231 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'An Account of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning sent from Oxford by Dr Wallis' |
| Date | 1666 |
| Description | Details of thunder and lightning - observations of the effects of a lightning strike upon two men who were rowing a boat on the river Thames at Medly, near Oxford; one was killed and Wallis gives observations of his post-mortem
Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1666 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 7 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 13, p 222 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/3/33 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |