| RefNo | CLP/9ii/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an extraordinary effect of lightning from Wakefield in York-Shire' by Dr Cookson |
| Date | 6 December 1732 |
| Description | Cookson describes the damage done to a corner of a tradesman's room containing forks and knives in a box during a lightning storm. The box was split and several of the forks and knives had melted and had also become magnetised. Further details of the same event are found in the paper at CLP/9ii/27.
Subject: Meteorology / Magnetism
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an extraordinary effect of lightning in communicating magnetism. Communicated by Pierce Dod, M.D. F. R. S. from Dr. Cookson of Wakefield in Yorkshire'.
Communicated by Dr Pierce [Peirce] Dod. Read 14 December 1732. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0016
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 437, p 74 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/9ii/27 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5953 | Dod; Peirce (1683 - 1754) | 1683 - 1754 |