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RefNoL&P/4/37
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of a meteor; and of a whirlwind' from John Winthrop to Thomas Birch
Date30 July 1759
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of meteor seen in New England, and of a whirlwind felt in that country: In a letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. John Winthrop, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge in New England'

Read 15 January 1761
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1761.0004
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4933Winthrop; John (1714 - 1779)1714 - 1779
NA8129Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766)1705 - 1766
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