| Reference number | 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 |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0066 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6747 | Chamberlayne; John (c 1666 - 1723); translator and literary editor | c 1666 - 1723 |