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RefNoL&P/5/198
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of a meteor seen at Oxford' from John Swinton to Matthew Maty
Date27 September 1770
DescriptionSubject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a very remarkable meteor seen at Oxford. In a letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany'

Read 20 December 1770
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1770.0049
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7226Swinton; John (1703 - 1777)1703 - 1777
NA4514Maty; Matthew (1718 - 1776)1718 - 1776
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