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RefNoCLP/4i/57
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'An account of lightning in the parish of Sampford Courtenay in Devon [England]' from unknown author to John Chamberlayne
Date1711
DescriptionThe 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'
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0066
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6747Chamberlayne; John (c 1666 - 1723); translator and literary editorc 1666 - 1723
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