Reference number | RBO/3/33 |
Alternative reference number | RBO.3.101 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'An Account Of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning Sent from Oxford' by John Wallis |
Date | 1666 |
Description | Details of thunder and lightning - observations of the effects of a lightning strike upon two men who were rowing a boat on the river Thames at Medly, near Oxford; one was killed and Wallis gives observations of his post-mortem Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1666 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 13, p 222 |
Language | English |
Extent | 5 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0097 |
Related records in the catalogue | RBC/2/72 |
EL/W1/20 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |